INSECTIVORA. :'il'.; 



Fain. Erinaceidae (Hedgehops). Back covered with stiff bristles nud spine-. 

 which afford a complete protection tu the animal when the body is rolled into 

 a ball by the action of the strongly-developed cutaneous muscles. 



rn rui/n'iix L., Hedgehog, Urchin, with Hi! teeth: '' I i. ' c. />.///. 



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w. ' ( I Digs holes with two exits about afoot deep in the earth and hiber- 

 nates. E./iixxilia Schreb.. Oave Hedgehog; ('fiiti-fcs ecu mini it* Wagn.. Tanrec, 

 Madagascar ; snout elongated like a proboscis. 



Fain. Soricidae (Shrews). With proboscis-like snout, soft fur. and tail covered 

 with short hairs. Peculiar glands on the sides of the body or at the root of 1 1n: 

 tail give the true Shrews an unpleasant ornsty smell. Cl<nlbii!<-s 1<um 

 W:i'4'n. : Cl. murinus Mull. Schl., Borneo; Mtu-rnyi'i'Jitli'x f>//>ir/tx Smith. 

 South Africa. Srr.c : with 28 to 33 teeth ; N. mlt/aris L., Common Shrew- 

 mouse ; 8. foilicn* Pall., Water Shrew-mouse : >S'. jn/gmfrm Pall. Myogale 

 moschata Pall., the Desman, as large as the Hamster, Smith Kast Russia. 



Fam. Talpidae (Moles). With short, laterally-directed digging feet, soft velvety 



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fur. and proboscis. Talpa. Dentition: [i. c. n.m 



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44). T. europata L., Mole, constructs an ingenious subterranean 

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dwelling, which communicates by a long gallery with the daily multiplying 

 burrows which the animal makes in hunting for food. The nest consists of a 

 softly-lined central chamber and two circular passages, of which the upper one- 

 is the smaller, and communicates by three passages with the central chamber, 

 while the lower and larger lies in the same plane as the chamber. Five or six 

 communicating passages pass from the upper circular passage into the lower, 

 from which a number of horizontal passages radiate, and usually curve round 

 and open into the common gallery. 7'. ri/-i-n L.. the Blind Mole of South 

 Europe; CltrysocMorys inaurata Schreb.. Cape Golden Mole; Condylvra 

 cristata L., the North American Star-nosed Mole ; Scalops aquation* L., Water 

 Mole, North America. 



Order 10. PINNIPEDIA. 



Hairy aquatic Mammalia vrith Jive-toed fin-like feet, oj which 1l<- 

 posterior are, directed backwards ; mif/t complete dentition ; without 

 caudal fai. 



The body is elongated, spindle-shaped, possesses four tin-like feet, and 

 ends with a short conical tail. The head is very small in proportion 

 to the body, of globular shape, with swollen lips, and usually without 

 external ears. The surface of the body is covered with a short, but 

 close, smooth fur. The short limbs end with broad swimming tins. 

 which possess five digits, armed with blunt or sharp claws. The 

 movements on land are effected in the following way : the animal 

 raises the anterior part of its body, and throws it forward ; it 



