ASIATIC HEDGEHOG* 
Tanrec of BufFon. It has, he says,. a long 
slender nose ^ short rounded ears and short 
legs. The body is marked,, longitudinally, 
with five broad lines of black, and the same of 
white, which are continued over the shoulders 
and thighs the white marks consist of short 
.spines the black marks are furnished with 
long loose hairs, which fall quite lo the ground. 
The head and face are black. It has no 
tail. The length of the anknal is seven inches, 
M.. De BufFon has given the figure of a young 
one^ 
** The other,, or the Tanrec,. is rather larger ;. 
covered with spines only on the top and hind 
part of the head, the top and sides of the 
neck, and the shoulders : the largest were on 
the upper part of the neck,, and stood ere6l ;. 
the rest of the body w^as covered with yel- 
lowish bristles, among which were intermixed 
some that were black and much larger tliaii 
the others. 
** Each of these animals, which arc varieties, 
or young of the same species, had five toes 
on each foot. They inhabit the isles of India, 
and 
