ERINACEUS FRONTALIS. 



This little hedge-hog was first obtained in the districts around Old Latakoo, and on leaving 

 that place, no additional specimens were acquired. Even where it was best known only a very 

 few individuals were procured, and according to the natives it was every where rare. It has all 

 the habits of the common hedge-hog, {Erinaceus Uuropcsus, Lin.) and like it, when surprised, 

 rolls itself up into a globular mass, in which state it will often remain for hours together while 

 the object creating its fears continues near it. Some individuals however, are less timid, and 

 soon attempt to escape. 



