Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history (1898)
Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889, Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888, Prang, Louis, 1824-1909, lithographer, Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884, Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Illustrated natural history, National Zoological Park (U.S.), former owner. DSI · New York : Selmar Hess · leaf 50
urrence than is generally supposed, and has been found in many parts of Europe, where it was for- merly supposed to be wanting. The total length of the Oared Shrew is about five inches and a quarter, the head and body measuring rather more than three inches, and the tail being about two inches in… … while the remaining two-thirds are nearly cylindrical, but are slightly squared, as has been already mentioned of the common Shrew. On account of the general darkness of its fur, it is sometimes called the Black Water Shrew, and is catalogued in some museums under that title. The generic name,…
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