MAMMALIA. VERM. Urchin. 211 



This fpecies is about the fize of a Common Mole ; it wallows in the mire, and grunts like a Hog ; 

 frequents frelh and fait water, burrows in the ground, and lies torpid, during fix months, in its hole; 

 in which time the hair falls off, and is renewed when the animal goes about again. It is generally very- 

 fat, and, though the flefh is reedy and infipid, it is eaten by the natives. 



4.3? 6. Tanrec. — 6. Erinaceus ecaudatus. 6. 



Has no tail ; the muzzle is very long and flender; the back and fides are covered with 

 fpines. Schreber, iii. 584. t. clxv. clxv #. 



Tanrec. Sm. Buff. vii. 86. pi. ccx. — Afiatic Hedge-hog. Penn. hilt, of quad. n. 357. 



Inhabits India and Madagafcar. — This fpecies is confiderably larger than the former, or Tendrac, 

 being nearly as large as a Rabbit, when full grown. It differs likewife from the former, in having 

 the top of the head, the neck, back, rump, and fides entirely covered with fhort fpines, of a yellowifh 

 colour, with a black bar in the middle; the belly is covered with yellowifh hair; the legs and feet are 

 tawny, having five toes on each foot; on the muzzle, and behind the ears, are feveral very long black 

 whilkers; the ears are rounded, and fomewhat longer than thofe of the Tendrac. — In voice, manners, 

 and mode of life, this fpecies agrees with the preceding ; and both are confidered by Mr Pennant as 

 being only varieties of the fame fpecies, notwithltanding the very remarkable difference in their fize 

 and defcription. It is neceffary to remark, that the engraver of Burton's plates, in the Edinburgh 

 edition, has reverfed the names. — T. 



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