QUADRUPEDS. 



ORDER 

 C L I R E S. 



HYSTRIX. PORCUPINE. 



Generic Character, 



Denies Primores duo, oblique 

 scissi. 



Molares octo. 



Digiti pedum 4 — 5. 



Corpus spinis pilisque te£lum. 



Front-teeth two, both in the 

 upper and under jaw, ob- 

 liquely cut. 



Grinders eight. 



Body covered with spines in- 

 termixed with hairs. 



Four toes on the forc-fe^ ; 

 five on the hind. 



COMMON PORCUPINE. 



Hystrlx Cristata. H» palmis tetradadytis, plantis penfadactylisp 

 capite cristato, cauda abbreciata* lAn. Syst. Nat. p. 76, 



Long-spined Porcupine, with tetradactylous fore-feet, pentadac- 

 tylous hind-feet, crested head, and short tail. 



Hystrix. Gesn. Quadr. p, 563 . Aldr. dig. p. 47 1. ^g. p. 474. 

 Jonst. Quadr. p. 163. t. 68. Raf. Quadr, 206. 



Le Porc-Epic. Bitf, 12. p, 402. pL 51, 52. 



Crefted Porcupine. Pennant Quadr, 2.p, 122. 



We have before observed, that in an arrange- 

 ment of quadrupeds, from their obvious external 

 characters alone^ without reference to the form 



V. II. P, T. 1 



