. The Natural history of quadrupeds and cetaceous animals [microform] : from the works of the best authors, ancient and modern, embellished with numerous plates, accurately coloured from nature. Mammals; Mammifères. stlie ?ered â ppfrr 'aille tecies iirted body hKir ; IS hid with it the r, and either )r ex- waier abav neath,; body, :muz- lose of VHITI8H-f AllED SHREWj &C. WUITISH-TAILCD illREW. 465 Itais appears from Schreber's figtire, to be of the â¢ize and colour of the common shrew^ and is M'hitish beneath ; the tail is short, brown at the base, and whitish or much lighter as it proce
. The Natural history of quadrupeds and cetaceous animals [microform] : from the works of the best authors, ancient and modern, embellished with numerous plates, accurately coloured from nature. Mammals; Mammifères. stlie ?ered â ppfrr 'aille tecies iirted body hKir ; IS hid with it the r, and either )r ex- waier abav neath,; body, :muz- lose of VHITI8H-f AllED SHREWj &C. WUITISH-TAILCD illREW. 465 Itais appears from Schreber's figtire, to be of the â¢ize and colour of the common shrew^ and is M'hitish beneath ; the tail is short, brown at the base, and whitish or much lighter as it proceeds t« the tip. ' Cinereous shrew. This is of an uniform dusky cinereous colour, with the base of the tail narrow or compressed. It inhabits, like the three preceding species, the Beighbourhood of Strasburg, where it was dis« covered by Professor Hermana. Persian shrew. This is said to be rather larger than the Surimdk â¢brew, measuring about three inches and a half. It is of a dusky grey above, and pale a«h Coloured beneath; in the form -of its teeth it is nearly allied to the common shrew, and is a native of the north^ ern p«fts of Persia. land of it the and Far be- to be :»L HEDGEHOG TRIBE. The hedgehogs ha e two front teeth, both above and below ; of which those in the upper jaw are distant, and those of the lower are pla^eil near UgfeUicr. On each side there ace oaoinc teeth; in VOL. I. 3 o. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bungay [England] : Printed and Published by Brightly and Co.
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