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species, the Tuscan Shrew (Crocidura Etruscd), being under an 

 inch and a half long, with a tail one inch in length. 



The Common Shrew was an object of superstition in the 

 Middle Ages, being looked upon as an enemy to domestic animals, 



Fig- 53. — The Colugo or Flying-Lemur [Galeopithec2is) 



and by way of antidote it was often immured alive in a hole cut 

 in the trunk of an ash-tree. 



The Common Hedgehog [Erinaceus Europcsus) is a well- 

 known type of a fairly large Old World group, which may 

 broadly be taken to include hedgehogs proper and also the 

 Tanrecs, a curious hedgehog -like family represented by the 

 Agouta {Solenodon) in Cuba and Hayti, and the Tanrecs proper 

 {Centetes) in Madagascar. 



