Prof. E. Lomiberg on Eastern Hedgehogs. (125 



white. The sides of the neck to above the shouhlcrs ;iro 

 covered with very long bristly hairs, white with a somewhat 

 rusty tint. On the whiskers the colour deepens and shades 

 into cinnamon and then rapidly into "tawnv" (Ridgway, 

 1912) or "fawn'' (Rep. de Conleur, 308-2),' which colour 

 occupies the lower surface from the chin to the breast, then 

 the colour becomes lighter and shades on the middle of the 

 belly to "cinnamon-ljufl"' (Ridgwfiy) and almost to whitish 

 towards the flanks and anal region. The fore feet are a little 

 more cinnamon than " sayal-brown," darker towards the 

 hands. The hind legs and feet are very similar to Iliilgway's 

 " snuff-brown." 



The ears are beset with brownish hairs on the margin, 

 white inside. Total length of the preserved dry specimen 

 24cm.; tail al)out 28 mm.; hind foot (s. u.) 39 mm. ; ear 

 about 26 mm. 'I'he claws have about the same development 

 as in the Common Hedgehog, and are not reduced on the 

 first and fifth toes in such a way as in Erinaceus dealbatiia. 

 The Korea Hedgehog has larger feet than the last-mentioned, 

 and the posterior plantar pads seem to be less confluent. 



mm. 



Greatest length of skull 56 



Condylo-basal length 56 



Basal length 520 



Zygomatic breadth 36-4 



Mastoid breadth 27 



Palate-lengtli (from notch) 31 



Length of nasals mesially along suture 12'7 



Greatest combined breadth of nasals 3-3 



Interorbitfil widtli At for. lacr 17"5 



Jjeast postorbital width 13 



Width across preniaxillaries 13 



Width across outside of »n^ 22 5 



Entire maxillary tooth-row 27*4 



The s])ecimen is an old male with rather strongly worn 

 teeth. The sajrittal crest is strongly developed and extends 

 forward over the i)ostei-ior half of the frontals. The ante- 

 orbital crest is well developed, especially above /or. lacrymale. 

 The nasals are very short mesially, but extend laterally as 

 slender processes forward along the premaxiilary for some 

 distance, so that by this the na.>o-premaxillary suture 

 becomes as long as the naso-maxillary and naso-froutal 

 sutures togethei-. The nasals do not reach further backwards 

 than to the level oi foramina lacrymalia. The premaxiilary 

 terminates rather broadly behind. The nasal processes of 

 the frontals very slender. P very long and slender. 

 C double-rooted. M^ has a more transverse position than 

 in the Common Hedgehog, but not so much as in 

 E. dealbalus. 



