M IVPXIADJE. 



or four species, have the body more elongated, the spines feebler, and they 



cannot roll themselves into a complete ball. EcMnogale, with one species, 



from Madagascar, is very closely allied to Erinacms, differing chiefly in its 



dentition. 



Fam. TuPAiAD^. 



4 

 Incisors — ; the upper ones remote, the lower ones procumbent, with 



4 4 3 3 



the four middle ones longest ; premolars -j — - ; molars 5 — ^ ; the lower 



ones divided by a transverse groove and cuspidate; muzzle attenuated, 

 lengthened ; ears oval, rather large ; feet pentadactylous ; tail long, densely 

 clothed with hairs, somewhat distichous ; the hair of the body soft and 

 glistening. 



The skull differs from that of other Insectivora, in having the bony 

 orbit complete, and moreover they possess a small ccecum. The tree-shrews, 

 as they may be called, are diurnal in their habits, live on trees, which they 

 climb well, and feed both on fruit and insects, which they hold in their paws 

 like squirrels. The female has four mammse, but according to Cantor 

 only produces one young at a birth. 



Gen. Tdpaia, Baffles. 



Syn. Cladobates, F. Cuviee. — Hylogale, Temminok. 

 Char. — Those of the family of which it is the only genus. Peculiar to 

 South-Eastem Asia. 



87. Tupaia EUiotti. 



Wateehouse, p. Z. S. 1849,— Blyth, Cat. 241. 

 The Madeas Teee-sheew. 



Descr. — ^Above pale rufescent or reddish-brown, the hairs being grizzled 

 red and brown; chin throat, breast, and lower parts yellowish -white; which 

 is continued in a narrow line along the underside of the tail. Head 

 shorter than in T. tana, or T. ferruginea ; nails nearly equal. 



Length of one, 14 inches ; of which the tail is 7^. Another measured, 

 head and body 8 inches ; tail 9 ; head from muzzle to ear l^^^ths. 



This interesting addition to the Fauna of Southern India, was made by 

 Walter Elliot, Esq., who procured it on the hills west of Madras, the con- 

 tinuation of the Eastern Ghats, It docs not, however, appear to be very 

 common. 



