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STRIPED HEDGEHOG. 
mon Hedgehog; the female produces six or seven 
young at a time, and is said sometimes to breed 
twice a-year. 
STRIPED HEDGEHOG. 
Erinaceus Madagascariensis. £. spinoso-setosus, fasciis longitw 
dinalibm albis nigrisque, rostro longo acuto. 
Hedgehog with spines and long bristles j the body longitudinally 
banded with black and white 3 with long, sharp-pointed snout, 
E. Ecaudatus E. cauda nulla, rostro longissimo acuto* Lin, Syst. 
Nat. Gmel.p. 117. 
Le Tanrec & Le Tendrac. Buff. 12. 438. 
Le jeune Tanrec. Biff. suppL 3. p. 214. pL 37. and 7. p. 301. 
pL 76. 
Le petit Tandrek de Madagascar. Sonner. 'coy. 2. p. 146.^/. 93. 
Asiatic Hedgehog. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 236. 
This animal, which is a native of Madagascar, 
was first described by the Count de BufFon, under 
the name of Le Tanrec ; it should seem, however, 
that the specimen described had not attained its 
full growth, and consequently did not exhibit 
with sufficient clearness, all the characters of 
the animal. It is described and figured by Mr. 
Sonnerat in his voyage to Madagascar. Mr. 
Sonnerat calls it Le petit Tandreck, and says, that, 
at its full growth, it measures seven inches in 
length : it has two incisores in each jaw, and five 
toes, with claws, on each foot; the claws on the 
fore feet are much longer than those of the hind. 
The limbs are short, and the snout long, and ter- 
minating in a point; and it has no tail. It is of 
