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MAMMALIA. 



crown of the head high ; muzzle acute ; the ears are of a me- 

 dium size, somewhat rounded •, the toes have strong nails ; tail 

 very short, and in some species none ; the mammie are ten in 

 number — six pectoral and four ventral. 



Erinaceus Europceus. — The Common Hedge-Hog. — Plate 

 VII. fig. 1. described, vol. II. p. .350. 



GerMS 34. — Soeex. — Linnaus. 



Generic Character. — Incisory teeth | in the upper jaw, in- 

 dented at their base ; lateral incisors j^l or t* conical, small, 

 shorter than the grinders, which are |-* ; total 28 or 30. Muz- 

 zle and nose much elongated, the latter moveable ; ears and eyes 

 small ; tail varying in length — round, compressed, or four-sided ; 

 feet five-toed ; nails crooked, short, curved, and pointed ; teats, 

 six or eight, both pectoral and ventral ; Sebaceous gland on 

 each flank, exuding a strong smelling secretion. 



Sorex araneus Common Shrew. — Plate VII. fig. 2. — Fur 



extremely soft, mouse- coloured, lighter underneath; ears large 

 and naked, with two lobes or folds within ; tail subquadrated, 

 not so long as the body. About two inches long. Inhabits 

 Europe. 



Genus 35. — Mygale. — Cuvier. 



Incisory teeth \, the two upper large, very strong, conical ; 

 lower incisors, with the two middle ones smallest ; false canines 

 J-,^ ; grinders ^^1 ; total 26. The four posterior above, and the 

 three underneath, with rugose points ; nose pointed, flexible ; 

 no external ears; eyes very small; tail long, scaly, and laterally 

 compressed ; feet palmated. 



Mygale Muscovitica. — Muscovy Musk- Rat. — Plate VII. fig. 

 3. — Fur brown above, and dusky ash below; nose long and slen- 

 der ; tail long, scaly, and compressed, striated at its base ; size 

 of the common rat. Inhabits southern Russia and Lapland. 



Genus 36. — Tupaia. — Raffles. 



Incisory teeth |, canines J— J, molars |^|-, total 28. Body 

 elongated; head triangular, attenuated, blunt; eyes and ears 

 large ; tail very long ; four ventral mamms, diurnal. 



Tupaia ferniginea. — The Ferruginous Tupaia. — Fur fer- 

 ruginous ; muzzle slightly pointed. Inhabits Java. 



