ASIATIC/ GUIANA HEDGEHOG, &C, 469 
Asiatic hedgehog. 
This species, the tendrac of Buffon, is about 
the size of a mole ; has the upper part of the 
body covered with short white splines, marked 
with brown in the middle ; the lower parts with 
whitish, fine, but hard hair. The tail, which is 
very short, is also covered with spines. They 
walk slowly, and grunt like hogs. 
There is a larger variety -of this species, which 
Buffon calls tanree ; each of these varieties have 
five toes on each foot; they inhabit India and 
Madagascar. Some are said to grow to the 
size of rabbits. They are also said to grunt 
like hogs ; to grow very fat ; to multiply great- 
ly ; to frequent shallow pieces of water; to 
burrow on land ; and to lie torpid during six 
months ; during which time their old hair falls 
off, and they rise in a new suit. Their flesh 
is eaten by the Indians, but is very flabby and 
insipid. 
Guiana hedgehog. 
The Guiana, or American hedgehog, has no 
external ears ; a short thick head ; spines ash- 
cblour, tinged with yellow ; its lower parts are 
covered with soft whitish hair ; it has a short 
tail ; long and crooked claws ; and is about eight 
inches long. 
Malacca hedgehog. 
This species, which seems to have been first 
described by Seba, has so corap leteiy the ap- 
pearance of a porcupine^ that nothing but a 
