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INSECTIVORA 



transverse palatal ridge usually lower and less developed, 

 particularly at middle, where there is often a slight angle. 

 Ridge at margin of orbit in lachrymal region not so long as in 

 E. europseus, and less distinctly marked off from general contour 



Fig. 24. 

 Erinaceus roumanicus. Nat. size. 



of skull, its degree of development somewhat as in E. algirus. 

 Teeth not certainly distinguishable from those of Erinaceus 

 europseus, though anterior upper premolar is usually larger 

 relatively to canine, and its posterior cusplet tends to be better 

 developed. 



Measurements. — External measurements of adult male and 

 female from vicinity of Konigsberg, Germany : head and body, 

 285 and 280; tail, 21 and 22; hind foot, 42 and 41. Type 

 (adult female) : head and body, 206 ; tail, 24 ; hind foot, 40 '6. 

 Adult female from Corfu, Greece : head and body, 263 ; tail, 

 37 ; hind foot, 43 ; ear, 29. Adult male from Cephalonia, 

 Greece: head and body, 260; tail, 35; hind foot, 42; ear, 31. 

 For cranial measurements see Table, p. 132. 



Specimens examined. — Eleven, from the following localities : — 

 Germany: Near Konigsberg, 3 (U.S.N.M.). 



