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ERINACEUS. HEDGEHOG. 
Goieric Character, 
Denies Primores superiores 
duo, distantesj inferiores 
duo, approximati. 
Lanarii superiores utrinque 
quinque, inferiores utrin- 
que tres. 
Molares utrinque supra et in- 
fra quatuor. 
Dorsum spinis tectum. 
Front- teeth two both above 
and below j those of the 
upper jaw distant, of the 
lower approximated. 
Canine-teeth on each side, in 
the upper jaw five, in the 
lower three. 
Grinders on each side both 
above and below four. 
Body covered on the upper 
parts with spines. 
EUROPEAN HEDGEHOG. 
Erinaceus Europaeus. J2. auricuUs rotundatis, naribus cristatis. 
Lin, S}jst. Nat. p. 75. 
Hedgehog with rounded ears and crested nostrils. 
Erinaceus auriculis erectis. Briss. Quadr. p. 128. 
Echinus terrestis. Gesn, Qmdr. p. 368. Jldr. dig. p. 459. 
Common Hedgehog. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 23^. 
Herisson. Buf. S.p, 2%.pL 6. 
If external appearance alone were regarded, the 
Hedgehog might be arranged in the same genus 
with the Porcupine, from which it chiefly appears 
