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BRUSH-TAILED PORCUP1VE. 



Hystrix Fasciculata. H. palmis tctradactylis, plantis pctadacty- 

 lisj cauda mediftcri apice sdis complanatisjasciculato. 



Porcupine with tetradactylous fore-feet, pentadactylous hind- 

 feet, and tail terminated by a tuft of flattened bristles. 



Le Pore-epic de Malaca. Bitjf. suppL 7. p. 303. pi. 77. 



THIS animal, which is described and figured 

 in the 7th supplemental volume of the Count de 

 Buffon's History of Quadrupeds, is a native of 

 Malacca. It differs, according to that author, 

 from the Common Porcupine in several particu- 

 lars, and especially in the form and length of its 

 tail, which is naked, scaly, about a third of the 

 length of the body, and terminated by a tuft 

 of long flat hairs, or rather small white laminae, 

 resembling strips of parchment. The body mea- 

 sures fifteen or sixteen inches, and is consequently 

 less than that of the European Porcupine ; the 

 head also is longer in proportion, and the snout, 

 which is covered with a black skin, is furnished 

 with whiskers of five or six inches in length : the 

 eyes are small and black : the ears smooth, round, 

 and naked : there are four toes, united by a com- 

 mon membrane, on the fore feet, with only a 

 tubercle in place of a fifth toe : the hind feet have 

 five toes, united in a similar manner by a mem- 

 brane somewhat smaller than that of the- fore 

 feet : the legs are covered with blackish hair : 

 the flanks and upper parts of the body are whiti-h, 

 and covered with spines shorter than those of the 





