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On the Genus Myosorex , with Description of a new Species from the Rio del Rey (Cameroons) District
Author(s) -
DOBSON G. E.
Publication year - 1887
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1887.tb08148.x
Subject(s) - genus , citation , library science , combinatorics , information retrieval , computer science , humanities , geography , mathematics , zoology , biology , philosophy
1. Myosorex varius. Sorex varius, Smuts, Mamm.Capens. 1832, p. 8. Myosorex varius. Gray, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1837, p. 124. This, the largest species of the genus, is somewhat larger than Crocidura aranea. The body is clothed with dense fur, pale reddish grey on the surface, passing gradually into ashy beneath, the basal four-fifths of the hairs bluish ; tail clothed thinly with equal-sized reddish-grey hairs forming a small pencil at the tip. The lateral gland is well developed in males, rudimentary or absent in females, and situated close behind the arm. The teeth are very peculiar and characteristic. The upper incisors and premolars are provided with prominent basal processes, the third