SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Le Herisson, Buff. torn. viii. Common Hedgehog, Pen- 

 nant, Quad. 316. 



Icon. Schreb. tab. 162. Buffon, t. 8. pi. 6. var. A. Pen- 

 nant, Quad. tab. 28. f. 3. 



Inhabits all the temperate parts of Europe. 



Obs. Var. A., with shorter nose; spines less extended ; 

 hair of a deep-red. The E. Sibiricus of Erxieben appeals 

 also to be a variety of this. 



290, 2. E. Auritus (Long-eared Hedgehog.) Ears two- 

 thirds the length of the head ; a little less than the common 

 species. 



Erinaceus Auritus, Pallas, Nov. Com. Petrop. torn. xiv. 

 Herisson, d'Egypte. Geoff. Egypt. 



Icon. Pallas, I. c. tab. 21. fig. 4. Schreber, tab. 163. 



Inhabits North-western Asia and Egypt. 



Obs. In Seba, Thes. tab. 51., is a figure of Porcus Acu- 

 leatu5, Pendant-eared or Malacca Hedgehog; and in the 

 same work, tab. 49, is another of the E. Inauris, Earless or 

 American Hedgehog; but their correct classification, in 

 this order, is doubtful. 



Genus II. Sorex. 



Incisive teeth |, in the upper jaw, indented at their base ; 

 in the lower, proceeding horizontally from their alveoli, 

 and turned upwards towards their points, where they are 

 sometimes of a brown colour; lateral incisors, or false 

 canines ^-^ conical, small, shorter than the cheek-teeth ; 

 cheek-teeth ^ ; muzzle and nose much elongated, the 

 latter moveable ; ears and eyes small ; tail varying in length, 

 round, compressed or four-sided ; pentadactylous ; nails, 

 crooked, short, curved, and pointed ; teats six or eight, both 

 pectoral and ventral ; sebaceous gland, on each flank, ex- 

 uding a scented unction. 



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