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fninating in a black and rounded cartilage, not much unlike the snout 

 of a nog. Upper lip divided. Nostrils bordered on each side with 

 a loose flap of skin. Ears erect, broad, short, and hairy. Eyes small, 

 of a black colou r , and situated high in the head. Legs short, and 

 almost naked Five toes on each foot, the inner toe shorter than the 

 others. Claws long, but weak. All the upper parts of the body 

 closely covered with strong and sharp spines, each about an inch in 

 length: interspersed amongst these are stilf hairs or bristles. Tail 

 generally so concealed amongst the spines as to be scarcely visible. 



Hair of a yellowish ash-colour, mixed with white. Spines whitish 

 at each end, with a black bar in the middle. W. B'. 



Not uncommon in thickets, hedges, &c. 



Erinaceus auriculis rotundatis, naribus cristatis. 

 Erinaceus Europceus. Linn. Syst. Nat. Grnel. i. p. 

 11.5. Erxleben, Syst. regn. animal, gen. 18, sp. i. p. 169. 



Erinaceus auriculis erectis. Erinaceus. Brisson, regn. 

 animal, p. 181. 



Erinaceus Europceus. Common Urchin. Hedgehog. 

 Turton, i. p. 27 Kerr, p. 209. 



Acanthion vutgaris nostras, herinaceus 9 echinus. Klein, 

 quad. desp. p. 66. 



Echinus terrestris. Gesner, p. 368. Ruyscb, i. pa. 1, 

 p. 110. 



Echinus sen erinaceus terrestris. Rail. Syn. quadr. 

 p. 231. 



Le Herisson. Buff. Sonn. xxv. p. 232, tab. 9, fig. 1, 2. 



Le Herisson ordinaire. Cuv. tab. element, p. 109. 



Common Hedgehog. Shaw's Gen. Zool. i. p. 542, tab. 

 121. Smellie's Buffon, iv. p. 300, tab. 85, fig. 1, 2L 

 Bing. Anira. Biog. 3d edit. i. p. 408. 



Common Urchin. Perm, quadr. i. p. 234. Penn. Brit. 

 Zool. i. p. 133. 



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