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canine teeth separated from each other, between 

 which are small incisives, which is the most ordinary 

 arrangement with the quadrumana and the car- 

 nassiers. 



We find in this subdivision forms and habits ana- 

 logous to those of the preceding tribe. Thus, 



The Tenrecs, Cuv. (Centenes, Illig.) 



Have the body covered with prickles like the hedge- 

 hogs ; but, not to mention the great difference of 

 their teeth, the tenrecs do not possess the faculty 

 of rolling themselves up in a globular form. They 

 have no tail, and the muzzle is remarkably pointed. 

 Three species have been found in Madagascar, the 

 first of which has been naturalized in the Isle of 

 France. They are nocturnal animals, and pass three 

 months of the year in a torpid state, although inha- 

 bitants of the torrid zone. Bruguiere assures us 

 that it is even during the greatest heats that they 

 sleep in this manner. 



The Tenrec (Erinaceus Ecaudatus, Lin.) Buff. XII. lvi. 



Covered with stiff prickles. Incisors sloping, 

 and but four in number in the lower jaw. This 

 is the largest of the three, and surpasses our 

 hedgehog. 



The Tendrac, (Erinaceus Setosus, Lin.) Buff. XII. lvii. 



With more flexible prickles, more resembling 

 hairs. Six sloping incisors in each jaw. 

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