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ring. — Compare Huschke Ueher die Zdhie von Cladohates, Oken's Isis, 

 1827, s. 758, 760, and for the species from the Indian Archipelago Schlegel 

 and Sal. Mueller in Verh. over de nat. Gesch. enz., Mamm. pp. 159 — 

 168, PI. 16, 27. 



Sp. Cladohates ferrugineiis, Tupaia ferruginea Raffl., Goer. Iconogr., 

 Mammif. PI. 10, fig. 4; Borneo, Java, Sumatra; — Claddbates murinus, 

 Hylogale murina Schl. and Muel. 1. 1. Tab. 26, fig. 5 ; Borneo, &c. 



Hylomys Sal. Muell. Incisors ^, two middle upper larger, 



remote by a space from the lateral, molars 5 — 5 , true ^ — 5 , with 



o — o o — o 



several cusps. Nose produced into a mobile proboscis, subrecurved 



at the point, with nostrils lateral. Eyes moderate. Ears large, 



subnude. Hind feet longer, all pentadactylous, with three middle 



toes longer, with claws compressed, incurved, acute. Tail very 



short, thinly covered with short hair. 



Sp. Hylomys suillus Sal. Muel., Verhand. over de nat. Gesch. enz., Mamm. 

 Tab. 26, fig. I ; (the skull and teeth Tab. 25, fig. 4 — 7), pp. 153, 157; a 

 small animal, less than 6" long from the point of the snout to the end of 

 the tail, which is only li" long; nothing is known of its mode of life, 

 except that it feeds on insects ; it was observed in Java and Sumatra at a 

 height of 1200 to 2000 feet, and seems to be rare. The skull, with some 

 conformity to that of the preceding genus, has, however, no bony ring at 

 the back of the orbit. 



Family XL. Erinaceina. Back protected by spines or rigid 

 setas Avith setse intermixed. Feet pentadactylous, not fossorial. 

 Tail very short, or none. 



Centetes Illig. Teeth (38 or 40) incisors ^ ( o^^ ^ ) 5 canines 



— — - , conical, large, incurved, separated above and below from the 



incisors and molars by a void space, molars - — ^^ , of which — ^^ 



b — 6 4 — 4 



resemble true molars. Snout elongate, nose proboscidean. Ears short, 



rounded. Tail none. Back covered with spines and setse inter- 



.' fj. , f .2-2 3-3 1-1 3-3 



mixed. (Dent. form. 1. 3-3, or ^-^ , e. ^--^ , p. 3-3 , 



m. |— 3 = 38, or40.) 



Sp. Centetes seiosus Desm., Erinaceus ecaudatus Gm., Buff. xil. PI. 56; le 

 tanrec (the young animal is figured in Gubr. Mag. de Zool. 1839, Mammif. 

 PI. i); — Centetes semispinosus Cuv., Buff. Siippl. in. PI. 37, Gukr. 



