The Hiftory of ANIMALS,, 529 
The porcupine is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, and many other places. 
All the writers on quadrupeds have defcribed it. They call it Hyftrix and Hyftrix 
vulgaris. ' , 
Hyjirix pedibus tetradaElylis , cauda exerta feminudd* 
The Hyjirix , with four toes on the hinder feet , and an 
exerted , almoft naked tail\ 
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ftotxupfttt* 
This is fmaller than the European porcupine, and it is armed alfo with fhorter 
fpines, but they are more numerous, and more rigid 5 it’s length, from the extremity 
of the nofe to the tail. Is about fixteen inches; it’s breadth, over the middle of the 
back, ten : the head is fmall 5 the eyes are round, prominent, and very bright: the 
ears are fmall, but rounded, and are in a manner buried under the fpines 3 the mouth 
is fmall; the upper lip is divided, as in the hare : the teeth are large, bent inwards, 
and cut off obliquely at the fummits: the anterior part of the head is decorated with 
whifkers, in the manner of the cat, but they are very rigid and black : the legs are 
fhort, and have each four toes to the foot; the tail is a foot long, and the extremity 
of it is covered, but that not very thickly, with bridles like thofe of the hog $ the reft 
is naked. 
The whole body is covered with very rebuff and rigid fpines, of three inches in 
length, and under thefe there is a fofter down, of more than an inch in length ; two 
thirds of each fpine from the bafe are brown, the upper part is black, and the very tip 
is white: they are all hollow, in the manner of the barrels of a quill, and adhere but 
loofely to the fkin. 
This is a native of many parts of America. Marcgrave calls it Cuanda, and Her¬ 
nandez, Flaquatzin. 
Hyjirix pedibus pentadaElylis , cauda exert a. %,i)Z Cilfi 
The five-toed Hyjirix , wih an exerted tail . $0|cupttte. 
This is a large and unwieldy animal; it is larger than the European porcupine, and 
much more corpulent, in proportion to it’s length : the head is large, oval, and ob- 
tufe; the eyes are not very large, but they ftand prominent, and are black $ the ears 
are broad, obtufe, and low: the upper lip is divided, and the teeth are two in the 
front of each jaw, long, thick, bent inwards, and obliquely truncated at the extremi¬ 
ty : the legs are fhort, and the feet have each five toes, which are confiderably long, 
and armed with large but obtufe claws: the tail is oblong, and the fpines are large, 
fharp, and robuft; they are variegated with a chefnut brown, white, and black, and 
make a very beautiful, as well as a very formidable, appearance. 
This is a native of the Eaft Indies, but few of the writers on beafts have met 
with it. 
Hyjirix pedibus pentadaElylis , cauda truncata . 
The five-toed Hyftrix, with a truncated tail . 
%\)e Malacca 
$o?cupme. 
This is of the fize of a fucking pig, and is not unlike that animal in form: the 
head is larger, in proportion, than in any other fpecies 5 the eyes alfo are large, but 
they are not fo protuberant as in many fpecies, in which they are fmaller : the ears are 
fhort, broad, and rounded ; the upper lip is divided, and the teeth are long, crooked, 
obliquely truncated, and very white : the legs are fhort, and the feet have each five 
toes; the tail is fhort and truncated : the whole body is covered with a harfh but 
gloffy fur, compofed of tawny briftles, and among this there ftand a vaft number of 
fpines, variegated with tortoifefhell colour, and yellow, and with a little white : thefe 
are of two kinds, as in the common porcupine j fome large and long, fome fhort, but 
more robuft than the others, and more loofely fixed in the fkin. It is thefe fhorter 
6 T quills. 
