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Soricidae
Soricidae
Option AA. The skin is bicolored (sometimes markedly so), with the chest and belly much lighter than the back (sometimes white), with a sharp demarcation between the two.B. The tail is short and thick and densely covered with long bristles (sometimes white).C. The ears are naked and prominent.D. The hindfoot is short in relation to body size.E. The cranium has a flat dorsal profile (in lateral view) .F. In dorsal view the cranium exhibits an hour-glass shape with the anterior corners very angular (not rounded).G. The interorbital constriction is long and narrow.H. The upper incisors are very large.I. The upper second molar is very wide.J. The third upper molar is very slim (ratio of M3 width to length less than 45%) (Hutterer, 1986).Select
Soricidae
Option BA. Skin does not have all the features described in 2A.B. If the skin is bicoloured with a light chest and belly, skull without all the features described in 2A.C. The third upper molar is not as thin and bladelike.Select