mammalia. GLIRES. HyfttU. 
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ORDER IV. GLIRES. 
Fore-teeth 2 in each jaw, approximate, remote 
jTom the grinders : tv^s o. 
24. IIYSTRIX. Fore-teeth 2, cut off ob- 
U<iuely : grinders 8 ; toes 4-^-5 : body 
covered with fpines and hair. 
Porcupine^ 
i ore-teet 4-toed^ hind-feet c-toed ; head crefted ; tail (hort. 
, Crepe^P. 
• opines Ihorter; crefl fmaller. 
3 ' opines long; crclt ample. 
, Inhabits South Aftd, Africa, Spain, and Italy ; digs large bur. 
rows, divided into many apartments, vdth a fingle entrance ; 
%ks bv night for fruit, roots, herbs, efpecially box ; when 
frighted rolls itfelf up, makes a grunting noife ; brings 2 — 4 
_ young ; eafily tamed ; flcflr very good. 
Length about 2 feet ; liaad lopg, compreiled ; fnotit fliort, obtufe ; 
upper lip cleft to the nottrils ; eyes finail, black ; ears oval, 
broad, fhort ; tail conic, fpinous ; feet ftiort, thick ; hair be- 
tween the fpincs cinereous ; fpines long, robuft, iinooth, an- 
nulate with black and whitilh, the longeft of which and the 
bridles of the neck it is able to erefl; and recline ; the gall* 
bladder contains a fort of bezoar. 
^ahenfiii, TT 
feet 4-toed ; tall long, prehcnfile, naked beneath at the end. 
2 -p . ■ ' BraftUan P. 
■ longer, fpines fliorter. 
3 " Smaller ; head white. 
Inhabits the woods of Brafil, Guinea, and New Spain ; climbs 
trees, feeds on fruit, and fraall birds ; grunts like a fwine ; 
rolls itfelf up, fleeps by day, eafily tamed, tlcih good. 
whijktrs long, white ; fpines on the upper lip under the nofe ; 
feet alhy, claws ftrong, black; length 15 inches, tail 7. 
Af ' 
Tail long, prehenfile ; hind-feet 4-toed ; fpines mixed, and 
alrnoft hid in downy hair and long briftles. Mexican P.. 
Inhabits tlie mountains of Mexico ; lives on fruit, eafily tamed j 
18 inches long, tail 9.* 
Body dulky ; fpines annulate white and yellow, fhort, (lender j 
tail from, the middle downwards witlibut fpines. 
I- 2 Dorfata, 
