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SUBKINGDOM VEETEBKATA. 

 Fig. 152. 



Condylura cristdta^ Star-nosed Mole. \. 



Chrysochloridse. — The Golden Mole has short legs, a 

 chunky body, and only three toes on the fore feet. Its fur 

 shines with rich metallic tints of variable hues. 



Fig. les. 



;4^:^jaJ^^^7. ^,*B^:S*>? -_:i,_ 



Chrysochloris avrSus, Golden Mole, Africa, i, 



Erinaceidae. — The Hedgehog is not found in America. 

 Mingled with its hair are prickly spines (quills) pinned through 



the skin from the inside, 



Fig. Uk. 



and retained by the head. 

 They are so bent that when 

 the animal rolls itself into a 

 ball, they project in every 

 direction — a cheval-de- 

 frise which baffles the dog 

 and the fox. If a pool is 

 near, however, the latter will sometimes tumble the curled- 



thelr disagreeable odor refuse to eat them. They are exceedingly pugnacious, and 

 their fierce combats would be fearful were they not ludicrous from the diminutive 

 size of the creature. 



Erinacen.^ auvMus^ Long-eared Hedgehog. ^. 



