45 o HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



An animal fimilar to this is mentioned by M. BufFon. 

 under the name of 



The TANREC; 



which is larger than the Iaft, and has fewer briftles: 

 They only occupy the top of the head, and along the 

 back as far as the moulders *, thofe on the neck are the 

 longed, and ftand erect : The reft of the body is covered 

 with a briftly kind of hair, of a yeilowifh colour, among 

 which are intermixed fome black hairs, much longer 

 than the other. Its nofe is long, and its ears more appa- 

 rent than thofe of the Tendrac. 



Both thefe animals are natives of India. — They make 

 a grunting noife, and are fond of wallowing in mud, like 

 Hogs : They frequent the banks of rivers, can live a long 

 time in the water, and are frequently caught in fmall in- 

 lets of the fea: They dig holes in the ground, where 

 they continue in a kind of torpid ftate during feveral 

 months. — They are generally very fat ; and the Indians 

 eat their flefli, though it is reckoned infipid and ftringy. 



