46 INSECTIVORA. 



compressed vertically towards the extremity, covered T\ith 

 short adpressed hairs ; claws as long again as in the last 

 species, and the outer claw of the hind-feet much more 

 free. Fur composed, like that of the M. Moscovitica, of two 

 kinds ; all the upper parts of the body chestnut-brown ; the 

 sides grej-ish bro^^^l, and the belly silvery grey ; no white 

 on the face. 



Length of head and body, 4 inches ; tail, 4 inches 6 lines. 

 — F. M. 



Found along streams in the valleys of the French Pyre- 

 nees, and near Tarbes. 



Genus ERINACEUS. HEDGEHOG. 



Middle incisors veiy long, standing forward ; the upper 

 ones cylindrical, apart ; molars ~^ . Body covered with 

 si3ines ; tail very short. 



Erinaceus Europaeus. 



Erinaceus Europcsus, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 229 ; Bell, Brit, Quad. 

 Common Hedgehog. 



Desceiption. — Teeth 36 in number. Incisors above very 

 far apart ; the true molars have strong acute tubercles ; 

 the teeth, classed as canines by Desmarest and others, are 

 regarded by F. Cuvier as false molars. The neck is short ; 

 the whole body is covered above and at the sides with sharp, 

 hard, round spines, attenuated at each end about 1 inch 

 long, iiTCgularly disposed in groups diverging in all direc- 

 tions, of a dirty white, with a brown or blackish ring rather 

 above the middle ; very low on its legs ; snout, forehead, 

 sides of the head, sides and under part of the tail, throat, 

 breast, and legs covered with hard, brittle, yellowish-white 

 hair. 



