QUADRUPEDS* 
Sciurus getulus 
setosus 
Ahyss'micus 
ater. 
Of the mouse tribe, many species are enume^ 
rated amongst the animals of this continent. 
The black rat {mus rattus) and the common 
mouse {mus musculus) are abundant ; but one of 
the most remarkable of the whole tribe is covered 
with hair and spines, somewhat like the porcu- 
pine, and appears to be nearly allied to the rat 
epiiieux of Azara. 
Four species of hare (lepu&) are described as 
peculiar to Africa, viz. 
Lepus JElgypticus 
capensis 
2. species capensis. 
Some authors mention the common hare as a 
native of Northern Africa ; but it is probable they 
may have confounded it with the Egyptian hare 
{lepus JEgi/pticus). 
The crested porcupine occurs in Africa ; but 
hitherto no species of this genus have been ascer- 
tained to be peculiar to this quarter of the globe. 
Of the hedgehog tribe (erinaceus) there is one 
species entitled MgypticuSy which is said to be 
peculiar to Egypt j and, in the island of Mada- 
gascar, there are four species of a genus very 
nearly allied to the hedgehog, named by Cuvier 
