PORCUPINE. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Two cutting teeth in each jaw. 
Body covered with sharp quills. 
Upper lip divided. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
IIystrix cristata. H. palmis tetradactylis, plantis pentadactylis, 
capite cristato, cauda abbreviata. Linn. 
Syst.Nat. Gmel. l.p. 118. 
Fore feet have four toes on each, hind feet 
five, head crested, tail short. 
Histrix orientalis cristata. Sel. Mus. 1. 
p. 79- ph 50. f. 1. 
Porcupine. . . Sm. Buff. v. 7* P- 69. pi. 208, 209. Penn. 
Hist. Quadr. v. 2. p. 122. Bew. Quadr. 
p. 444. Shaw Gen. Zool. pi. 122. 
The porcupine is about two feet long. He dwells 
in large burrows or holes of his own digging, which 
have a single entrance, and are divided into many 
apartments. He goes about during the night in 
search of fruits, roots, and herbs ; and is said to be 
particularly fond of the box-wood shrub. He is 
shagged all over with hard and sharp hairs of un- 
