TANREC. 549 



a black colour, with five longitudinal bands on 

 the body: all the black parts are covered with 

 hard hair; the white bands with small prickles, 

 analogous to those of a porcupine. From the 

 black bands on the back spring long scattered 

 hairs which reach to the ground : the head is co- 

 vered with short black hairs or prickles : the snout 

 is white; the eye surrounded by a white circle, 

 and the feet are reddish. The Tandreks move 

 slowly, and grunt like pigs; for which reason they 

 are called Ground-Hogs, or Pig-Porcupine, by 

 the Europeans. They burrow under ground, and 

 remain torpid three months in the year: they 

 hide themselves in the day-time, and only appear 

 after sun-set, in order to seek their food: they 

 live chiefly on fruits and herbs : their body is a 

 mere lump of fat : the natives of Madagascar eat 

 them, but consider them as but an indifferent 

 food. Madagascar is the only country in which 

 the Tandreks are found. 



Tar. ? 



TANREC. 



Tanrec. Buf. 1 2. p. 44. pi. 56. 



THIS is larger than the former, and is covered 

 with spines only on the top and hind parts of the 

 head, the top and sides of the neck, and the 

 shoulders : in that described by Buffon, the long- 

 est were on the upper part of the neck, and 

 stood erect: the rest of the body wa^ covered 



