No. 147 Nyctogale Elegans. — The Thibet Water-Shrew
Habitat.—Moupin in Thibet.
Description.—Fur of two kinds, a soft under down of slaty grey colour through which pass longer hairs, grey at the base with white tips, “causing the animal to vary considerably in appearance according as these hairs are raised or laid flat;” ears quite concealed, and without a conch; tail stout, longer than the body, quadrangular at the base, then triangular, and finally flattened; feet large and palmated, with large pads on the soles, depressed in the middle, forming sucking discs, which are a peculiar characteristic of this animal.
Size.—Head and body about 3½ inches; tail about 4 inches.
Though this is not properly an Indian animal, I have thought fit to include it as belonging to a border country in which much interest is taken, and which has as yet been imperfectly explored.
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