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MAMMALIA. J'ER/E, Erinacens. 
’ ^ Hedge-hogi 
^ vV^*- except the vary north, fouthern parts of 
h 'u'^’ Madagajfar ; lives in thickets, and hedges, 
tti dsits neft of mols, grais, leaves, winters in hufhes rolled 
feeds on toads, worms, beetles, crabs, 
• tell-hih, fruit, ftnall birds, and carcaffes ; digs in tnolTy 
p aces, fwims eaftly ; when fl ighted or angry rolls itfclf up 
andpielents its Ipines on every fide; fereams if the feet are 
preflj-d, fmells mufky ; is tamed by the Calmncs like the cat; 
ema.e 5 teats, 3 peAoral, 2 abdominal ; brings 3 — 5 young, 
'■fs not, as is vulgarly fuppofed, fuck cattle; flelh not 
eatable. 
about to inches; fnout acute; upper lip cleft; tars 
road, fliort, hairy; e>'« linall, black; pre/utce pendulous; 
air of the bead whitilli-tawny mixed with white, of the neck, 
leet, between the fpines and on the tail darker, of the throat 
greyilh-white, of the bread and belly the fame mixed with 
tawny ; fpines each end yelloWifli grey, middle blackilh ; kgs 
ntort, naked; 3-tocd ; tlatus weak.' 
Guiana Hedg-hog, 
nhabits\?o,tr/i about 8 inches long. 
thick, fhbrt ; cinereous tinged with yellow ; hair 
foft, whitifli-chefnut erv'er the' eyes ; tail fhort ; clatnS long, 
crooked. 
Ears pendulous. Malacta Hedge-hog. 
Inlwbits AJia; from it is procured the precious ftotte called 
Piedra del porco. 
Ears long, oval ; noftrils with a flap. Stlerian Hedge-hog. 
Inhabits lower parts Of the Volga and Ural, and as for as lake 
Baikal; refembles E.europacus, butlefs, c>ej larger, zohijkers 
4 rows, feet longer, flendcrer, tail fhorter, conic, annulate, 
nearly bald ; female brings 4 — "j young, fometimes twice a , 
year; fpines brown, a white ring at each end. 
Ears Ihorter ; fpines on the head,* neck, tail and withers 
only- Afiatic Hedge-hog, 
Inhabits India, and Madagafcar ; hardly 6 inches long ; 
Wallows in the mire; grunts like a hog, buitews, torpid 6 
months, during which ^ lah 
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