Class I. 



URCHIN. 



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GENUS XVIII. URCHIN. 



Toes five on each foot. 



Body covered with short strong spines. 



Echinus sc. erinaceus terrestris. 



Raii syn. quad. 231. 

 Meyer s an. i. Tab. Q5, g6. 

 Sib. Scot. 1 1 . 

 Erinaceus pamis nostras. Seb. 



Mus. i. p. 78. Tab. 4g. f. 



1, 2. 

 Erinaceus auriculis erectis. 



Brisson quad. 128. 

 De Buffon, Tom. viii. .28. 



Tab. 6. 



Echinus terrestris. Gesner 35. COMMON. 



quad. 368. 

 Erinaceus europaeus. Gm.Lin. 



75. 

 Erinaceus spinosus auricula- 



tus. Faun. Suec. 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'Herisson Hut. Eegel-varken 



Ital. Riccio Swed. Igelhot 



Span. Erizo Dan. Pin-suin, Pin-soe. 



Port. Ouriza 



XHE usual length of this animal, exclusive of Descrip- 



. ... TXON. 



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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