GARNI VORA. 33 



Hedgehogs has bristles instead of hair, and the skin 

 of the back is furnished with such muscles that the ani- 

 mal, by bending his head and paws towards his abdomen, 

 can shut himself up as in a bag, and present bristles on 

 all sides to the enemy. 



The European Hedgehog, E. europ&us, Buff., inhabits 

 woods and hedges, passes the winter in its burrow, and 

 feeds upon insects and fruit. 



The Genus Centetes Tenrecs has the body covered 

 with spines or bristles like Pi g . 33 . 



the hedgehog ; but the ani- 

 mals of this genus have not 

 the power of rolling them- 

 selves so completely into a 

 ball. Three species inhab- 

 it Madagascar. They paSS Tenrec, C. semi-spinosus, Cuv. 



three months of the year in a state of lethargy, although 

 inhabiting the torrid zone. 



SUB-SECTION V. 



THE ORDER OF CARNIVORA, OR CARNIVOROUS ANIMALS. 



THE Order of Carnivora comprises all the Mammalia 

 which feed wholly or mainly upon flesh, and with few 

 exceptions they capture the animals upon which they 

 prey. They are distinguished from all other animals, 

 not only by their general ap- Fig. 34 . 



pearance, but especially by 

 their sharp teeth and claws, 

 and by their internal diges- 

 tive apparatus. They have 

 six incisors in each jaw, the 

 lateral ones the largest, a 

 long, stout canine in each 



Side Of both j aws j USt behind tee& of cammmw aannaL 



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