ERINACEUS FRONTALIS. — Smith. 



Mammalia. — Plate III. (Female.) 



E. ovatus ; spiuis varie intertextis ad basin et versus apiceni albis, in medio purpurascentibus, apicibua 

 quibusdam brunneis leliquis albidis ; pilis rigidis subnigris aut griseis ; fascia frontali alba ; auriculis 

 oblongis pilis brcvibus obtectis. 



LoNGiTUDO Tj unc. 



Erinaceus frontalis, Smith, South African Quarterly .Journal, Xo. 5. Oct. 1831. 

 Erinaceus frontalis, 5«nne<, Proceedings Zoological Society, Dec. 1832. 



Colour, &c. — The head and the sides of the neck and of the body blackish 

 brown, slightly variegated by an intermixture of greyish white hairs; the 

 forehead and tlie sides of the neck, immediately under the ears, pure white ; 

 the quills of the back white, each annulated towards the middle with purple, 

 the points of many of tliem light brown. The under surface of the neck, the 

 middle of the breast and belly, and the lower half of the limbs dusky white ; 

 tail black ; eyes very deep brown ; claws horn-coloured. 



Form, &c. — Body oval, broadest behind and wider in proportion to its 

 length than in the common Hedge-hog. Muzzle slightly elongated ; incisors 

 of upper jaw much separated, those of lower jaw nearly contiguous ; ears 

 moderately long, and both surfaces thinly covered with short hair, the tips 

 somewhat rounded. The back and tlie upper part of the sides densely 

 covered with spines from an inch to an inch and a half in length, the rest of 

 the body, the legs and the head thinly coated with bristly hair ; tail slender ; 

 limbs very long; toes short; claws blunt and slightly curved. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Inches. Lines. 

 Length from the tip of the nose to the 



base of the tail 7 6 



ofthetail 6 



The male, as regards the colours, is like the female. 



