SYNOPSIS OP THE 



Felis Volans Ternatea, Seba, Mm. 1. tab. 58. Galeo- 

 pithecus Ternatensis, Geoff. Mag. Ency. 



Obs. Known only by Seba's short description, and is pro- 

 bably a variety of G. Rufus. 



Family IL— INSECTIVORA. 

 Cheek-teeth furnished with various sharp points ; canines, 

 in some species, very long, in others short; in the latter 

 case, called lateral incisors or false cheek-teeth; incisors 

 also, varying both in number and length ; teats ventral, or 

 ventral and pectoral; legs short; mode of locomotion al- 

 ways plantigrade ; all the feet pentadactylous, except in 

 one species *. 



%* First tribe, with two long incisors in front, followed 

 by other lateral incisors or false canines, not longer than 

 the cheek-teeth. 



Genus I. Erinaceus. 



Incisive teeth | ; the intermediate teeth, in the upper 

 jaw, very long, separated from each other, cylindrical, and 

 directed forward ; canine teeth ii, shorter than the cheek- 

 teeth ; cheek-teeth || ; body capable of a spherical shape 

 at the will of the animal, protected, as to the upper parts, 

 by prickles, the under parts furnished with coarse hair ; 

 nails constructed for digging ; tail short or wanting ; teats 

 ten, six pectoral, and four ventral. 



289. 1. E. EuropcEus (the Common Hedgehog.) Ears 

 short ; prickles very sharp, about an inch long, set in clus- 

 ters, diverging in their directions, and crossing each other, 

 with the points white ; the hair of the under part of a dirty- 

 white colour. 



Erinaceus Europaeus, Linn. 



* The Chrysoclore, which has but three toes on the anterior feet. 

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