A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.211

v2.c29.211

⁵⁵⁵ Cakra gives *cīyāra* as the vernacular name. Absent from the *Suśrutasamhitā*. Cf. A.s.Sū. 7.74. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): *Neomys fodiens*, the water shrew. P.V. Sharma: water shrew. Gulabkunverba: musk shrew. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. Eighty species of shrews (*Soricinae*) are known to occur in India (WIRM V, 11). See on *Suncus murinus* (Linnaeus), the grey musk shrew: F. Finn (1929): 44–45; S.H. Prater (1971): 168–169. See on the water shrew: F. Finn (1929): 47–48.