548 STRIPED HEDGEHOG. 



mon Hedgehog-; the female produces six or seven 

 young at a time, and is said sometimes to breed 

 twice a-year. 



STRIPED HEDGEHOG. 



Erinaceus Madagascariensis. E. spinoso-setosus, fasciis longitu- 



dinalibiis albis nigrisque, rostra longo acuto. 

 Hedgehog with spines and long bristles j the body longitudinally 



banded with black and white ; with long, sharp-pointed snout. 

 E. Ecaudatus E. cauda nulla, rostro langissimo acuto. Lin. Syst. 



Nat. Gmel.p. 117. 



Le Tanrec & Le Tendrac. Buff. 12. p. 438. 

 Le jeune Tanrec. Buff, suppl. 3. p. 214. pi. 37. and 7. p. 301. 



pi. 76. 



Le petit Tandrek de Madagascar. Sonner. voy. i.y. 146. pi. 93. 

 Asiatic Hedgehog. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 236. 



THIS animal, which is a native of Madagascar, 

 was first described by the Count de Buffon, under 

 the name of Le Tanrec; it should seem, however, 

 that the specimen described had not attained its 

 full growth, and consequently did not exhibit 

 with sufficient clearness, all the characters of 

 the animal. It is described and figured by Mr. 

 Sonnerat in his voyage to Madagascar. Mr. 

 Sonnerat calls it Le petit Tandreck, and says, that, 

 at its full growth, it measures seven inches in 

 length : it has two incisores in each jaw, and five 

 toes, with claws, on each foot; the claws on the 

 fore feet are much longer than those of the hind. 

 The limbs are short, and the snout long, and ter- 

 minating in a point; and it has no tail. It is of 



