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ERINACE,\U,E. 



INFLECT IVOR A. 



ERINACEABjE. 



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Genus, Erinaceus. (Ijiiin.) 



Generic character. — Middle incisive teeth very long, standing forward ; the 

 upper ones cylindrical, apart ; grinders J:| ; anterior npper foremolars conical, 

 the posterior one and true molars provided with angular cusps ; posterior 

 molar with only one cusp ; molars of tlie lower jaw with angular cusps ; body 

 covered with spines ; tail veiy short. 



HEDGEHOG. URCHIN. 

 Erinaceus Eurcpcpus. 



Specific cJiaracter. — Ears less than half the length of the head ; spines not 

 longer than the head. 



Ecldnus site erinaceus terrestris, Rat, Syn. Auim. Quad. p. 231. 



Erinaceus EuropcBus, 



rar. A murcns-is, 



Lc Ilerissoii, 

 Common Urchin, 

 Hedgehog, 



Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 75. Desjiae. Mammal. 



p. 147. sp. 229. Flem. Brit. An. p. 7. 



Jenyns, Brit. Yert. p. 19. Nilss. Skand. 



Faun. p. 92, lSi7. Blas. Saugt. Deutsch. 



p. 153. 

 ScHRENCK, Reise. Amur — Lande, p. 100. 



t. iv. 185S. 

 Buffon, Hist. Nat. VIII. p. 28, t. vi. 

 Penn. Brit. Quad. I. p. 133. 

 Shaw, Gen. Zool. I. p. 512, t. cxxi. 



