SYNOPSIS OF THE 



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long stiff hairs on the head and neck ; tail short; length of 

 body upwards of two feet ; of tail about three inches, 



Hystrix Cristata, Lin. Sys. Nat. 76. Hystrix Dorsata, 

 Gm. 



Pore-epic, Buff. His. Nat. 12. Crested Porcupine, Pen. i 

 Quad. II. 122. 



Icon. Buff. 12, tab. 51, 52. Schreber, tab. 169. EncT/. 

 Meth. 64, /. 3. 



Inhabits Africa, and naturalized in Southern Europe. 



Obs. Type of M. F. Cuvier's genus Hystrix. 



681. 2. H. Fasciculata, (Pencillated-tail Porcupine.) 

 Spines like strips of parchment ; those on the body flat, 

 black. Less than the Common Porcupine. 



Histrix Fasciculata, Lin. Mus Fasciculatus, Desmarest, _ 

 Mammal. 308. Acanthion Daubentonii, F. Cuv. | 



Pore. Epic, de Malacca, Buff. Sup. 67. Bru^h-tailed 

 Porcupine, Shaw, Zool. ii. 11. 



Icon. Buffon, I. c.pl. 11. Shaw, Gen. Zool. 



Inhabits India. J 



Obs. Type of F. Cuvier's genus Acanthion. \ 



682. 3. H. Longicauda. (Long-tailed, or Marsden's 

 Porcupine.) Like the last but tail shorter, notwithstanding i 

 the name given by Marsden. 



Histrix Longicauda, Marsden, Sumatra. Acanthion 

 Javanicum, F. Cuvier. 

 Landak of Java. 

 Icon. Marsden, I. c. t. 17. F. Cuv. Mem. Mus. x. *■ 



Inhabits Sumatra. 



683. 4. H. Macroura (Rice-tailed Porcupine.) Very 

 like the Coendou, but the tail having a bundle of spines at 

 the end formed like grains of rice. 



Histrix Macroura, Gm. S. N. 11- Histrix OrientaliSj 



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