£o6 HEDGEHOG. Clafs L 



brings tix or feven young at a time. This fpecies h 

 ofcen found of a pure white, in which flate it makes a 

 moft beautiful appearance ; the fine full eye appear- 

 ing to great advantage, amidfl the fncwy color of the 

 fur. The root of white hellehore and Jlaves acre^ 

 powdered and mixed with meal, is a certain poifon to 

 them. 



Genus XVII. The HEDGE HOG. 

 Species I. The HEDGE HOG, or URCHIN. 



Echinus fc. erinaceus terreflris. De Bufon,Tom. viii. 28. TaB. 6» 



Raii Jyn.quad. z-^i. Echinus teireftriSo Ge/ner quad, 



Meyer s an. i. Tab. 95, 96. 368. 



Sib. Scot. II. Erinaceusearopjeas.Z/w.j/y/?. 75. 



Erinaceus parvus noflras. Seh. Erinaceus, fpinofus auriculatus, 



Mus. i. p. 78. lab. 49. f. Faun. Suec. 22. 



1,2. Acanthion vulgaris nollras. Kleim 



Efinaceus auriculis ereftis. Brif- quad. 65. 



fon quad. 128. Br. Zool. 51. 



NAMES. 



Brtt. Draenog, Draen y coed Germ. Eigel 



Fren. L'Herifibn Dut. Eegel-varken 



2tal. Riccio S-wed. Igelhot 



Span. Erizo Dan. Pin-fuin, Pin-foe 



Fort. Ourizo 



TH E ufual length of this animal, exclufive of 

 the tail, is ten inches : the tail is little more 

 than an inch long •, but fo concealed by the fpines as 

 fcarce to be vifible. The form of the nofe, is like 

 that of the hog ; the upper mandible being much lon- 

 ger than the lower ; and the end flat : the noftrils are 

 narrow, terminated on each fide by a thin loofe flap : 

 I the 



