Class I. 



URCHIN. 



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GENUS XVIII. URCHIN, 



Toes five on each foot. 



Body covered v/ith short strong spines. 



Echinus sc. erinaceus terrestris. 



Raii syn. quad. 231. 

 Meyer s an. i. Tal: 95,96. 

 Sih. Scot. 11. 

 Erinaceus parvus nostras. Seh. 



Mus. i. p. 78. Tab. 49. f. 



1,2. 

 Erinaceus auriculis erectis. 



Biissonqnad. 128. 

 De Buffon, Tom. viii. 28c 



I'ah. Q. 



Echinus terrestris. Gesner 25. Common", 



quad. 368. 

 Erinaceus europ^Bus. Gm.Lin. 



75. 

 Erinaceus spinosus auricula- 



tus. Faun. Siiec. 22. 

 Acanthion vulgaris nostras. 



Klein quad. 66. 

 Br. Zool. 51. Hist. quad. ii. 



No. 446. p. 234. Arct, 



Zool. i. 165. 



Brit. 



Draenog, Draen y coed 



Germ. 



Igel 



Fren. 



L'Hcrisson 



But. 



Eegel-varken 



Ital. 



Riccio 



Sived. 



Igelhot 



Span. 



Erizo 



Dan. 



Pin-suin, Pin-soe, 



Port. 



Ourizo / 







1- HE usual length of this animal, exclusive of Des 

 the tail, is ten inches ; the tail is little more than 

 an inch long, but so concealed by the spines, as 

 scarcely to be visible. The form of the nose is 

 like that of the hog, the upper part being much 

 longer than the lower, and the end flat ; the nos- 

 trils are narrow, terminated on each side by a 

 thin loose flap ; the color of the nose is dusky, 



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