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opinion that there are two species of Hedgehog indi- 

 genous to that country, one of which is said to have the 

 snout of a Hog, the other the muzzle of a Dog. Per- 

 rault, who has given the only existing figure of the latter 

 form, appears to have held this opinion, and to have sup- 

 ported it, at least to his own satisfaction, by dissections. 

 Ray declares that one of them certainly does not exist 

 in England, and seems to doubt its reality. Daubenton 

 also states that he examined two males, said by the 

 country people to belong to the two sorts above named ; 

 and that, although he found considerable diversity in the 

 dimensions of the various parts, as well as in the size and 

 weight of the individuals, he comes to the conclusion that 

 these distinctions constitute them varieties only of the 

 same species. 



The Hedgehog in Scotland appears to be confined 

 to the middle and southern parts, and to be absent in 

 the islands. It is generally distributed in Europe, 

 and a variety, called by Dr. Schrenck Amurensis, has 

 been met with by him in the vicinity of the Amoor 

 river. 



The body of this animal is oblong, regularly convex 

 above ; the head very conical ; the ears short, broad, and 

 rounded ; the eyes prominent. The teeth are thirty-six 

 in number. The central incisive teeth in the upper jaw 

 are long and robust, separated to a great extent above, 

 slightly approximating towards the points, at which part, 

 however, they are still distant ; the second and third on 

 each side are small, particularly the second, and conical, 

 resembling false molars. There is a small space between 

 the third incisor and the next tooth, where falls the 

 suture of the maxillary and intermaxillary bones : this 

 tooth, in the opinion of M. Frederic Cuvier, is a false 



