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CARNIVOKA. 
common hedgehogs, though corresponding with the 
teeth of the mole genus, are shorter than the canine 
teeth ; and one canine tooth and six cheek-teeth on 
each side in both jaws. 
THE TANREC. LE TANREC. 
Erinaceus Ecaudatus, L, 
This animal is seven or eight inches long, and 
formed very like the common hedgehog, as will ap- 
pear by the opposite figure, to which we shall add 
no farther description ; merely pointing out those 
distinctions, in which the following species differ 
from this. 
This and its congeners are aquatic in their habits ; 
and, when not visiting the water, are in general at 
rest in some hole in its neighbourhood. They are 
said to remain torpid, during several months in the 
year, in these subterraneous retreats \ but, contrary 
to the habits of most animals, such torpor takes place 
during the hottest parts of the year. 
