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tion he states "la première de ces bandes s'étend depuis Ie 

 museau tout le long de la tete et continue sur le cou et sur 

 l'épine du dos: les deux autres bandes sont chacune sur 

 les flancs." The subjoined figure being very exact and the 

 description very clear, it is rather inconceivable how Buffon 

 could believe this specimen to be the young of the above 

 named Tanrec. 



The specimen ') figured s. n. le Tandrac ^ Buffon re- 

 garded as a young of his Tendrac, earlier described, 

 whereas it was a very young specimen , or variety — mea- 

 suring about 5.8 c. m. — of his jeune Tanrec , as will be 

 seen in reading his description : "le corps porte une grande 

 quantité de piquans d'un blanc jaunatre , qui semblent se 

 reunir par bandes irrégulières. On remarque au-dessus du 

 nez une bande d'un blanc jaunatre, qui s'étend jusqu'au 

 commencement du dos et se termine en pointe a ses deux 

 extrémités." 



Schreber *) called le Tanrec, Buffon, ?kn^le jeune Tanrec, 

 Buffon, Erinaceus ecaudatus, taking these two species for 

 the same. But as they belong to two different species , 

 as I have shown, we must the species-name "ecaudatus" 

 apply only to the first species. He ^) named le Tendrac, 

 Buffon , Erinaceus setosus. 



Sonnerat *) figured s. u. le petit Tandrek de Madagascar , 

 a Hedgehog — measuring about 19 cm. — with Jive 

 white streaks on the back. This specimen belonged to another 

 species and not to Erinaceus setosus , Lin. Gmel. ^) , the 

 "setosus" bearing no streaks at all. The latter author 

 followed Schreber in confounding le Tanrec, Buff, et le 

 jeune Tanrec , Buff. , under the name of Erinaceus ecaudatus. 



1) Histoire naturelle. Supplément, T. VII, 1789, p. 301, fig. LXXVI. 



2) Die Siiugethiere, J778, T. Ill, p. 584,, pK CLXV and CLXVI. 

 3; Die Saugethiere, 1778, T. Ill, p. 583, pi. CLXIV. 



4) Voyage aux Indes orientales et a la Chine, 1806, 2rae éd. T. IV, p. 118, 

 pi. 91. 



5) Systems naturae. 1788, ISih ed: T. I, p. 117. 



Note» from the Leyden. ^luseuxo. 



