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ERINACEUS. HEDGEHOG. 



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Generic Character. 



Denies Primores superiores 

 duo, distantes; inferiores 

 duo, approximate 



Lanarii superiores utrinque 

 quinque, inferiores utrin- 

 que tres. 



Molares utrinque supra et in- 

 fra quatuor. 



Dorsum spinis tectum. 



Front-teeth two both above 

 and below; those of the 

 upper jaw distant, of the 

 lower approximated. 



Canine-teeth on each side, in 

 the upper jaw five, in the 

 lower three. 



Grinders on each side both 

 above and below four. 



Body covered on the upper 

 parts with spines. 



EUROPEAN HEDGEHOG. 



Erinaceus Europaeus. E. auriculis rotundatis, naribus cristatis. 



Uin. Syst. Nat. p. 75. 



Hedgehog with rounded ears and crested nostrils. 

 Erinaceus auriculis erectis. Briss. Quadr. p. 128. 

 Echinus terrestis. Gesn. Quadr. p. 368. Aldr. dig. p. 450. 

 Common Hedgehog. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 2,3$. 

 Herisson. Buff". 8. p. z8.pl. 6. 



F external appearance alone were regarded, the 

 Hedgehog might be arranged in the same genus 

 with the Porcupine, from which it chiefly appears 



