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55 8 The Hijlory e/ ANIMAL S. 
Erinaceus auriculatus. 
'The Erinaceus , larger ears . 
There have not been wanting authors, who have afferted, that the porcupine and 
our common hedge-hog were the fame animal, differing only in fize ; on the con¬ 
trary, they are creatures not only of a different genus, but even of didind: defies, nor 
is there indeed any thing in which they agree but the covering of their bodies with 
this kind of armature, inftead of hair. The hedge-hog is a little animal, confidera- 
bly thick, in proportion to it’s length, and, when it draws itfelf together at the ap¬ 
proach of danger, appears of a kind of an oval figure. 
The length of the creature is about feven inches, and it is confiderably broad and 
thick, in proportion : the head is fmall and oblong ; it is broad toward the upper part, 
and grows fmaller to the nofe: the mouth is formed very much like that of 
the badger, or in general like the dog-kind : the eyes are fmall, they are black and 
protuberant; the ears are fhort and broad, and very much refemble thofe of the com¬ 
mon rat : the neck is fhort ; the back is broad and prominent: the legs are fhort and 
robud: the feet are formed like tbofe of a dog ; there are five toes on each, and the 
inner one is fhorter than the others, in manner of a thumb. 
The whole neck, back, fhoulders, and upper part of the head are covered with 
flrong and fharp fpines: the throat, bread, and belly, as alfo the legs, are covered 
with a harfh and fhort fur, of a whitifh colour. 
This is frequent with us, and in almod all other parts of Europe. It lives under 
hedges, and in dry woods. All the writers on quadrupeds have defcribed it. They 
call it Echinus terredris, Erinaceus, and Erinaceus vulgaris. 
Erinaceus fuhauriculatus. %§£ jjjjjjf'te 
The Erinaceus , with very fmall ears . 
1 his is larger than the common hedge-hog, but very like it in form : the head is 
fmall, and of an oblong figure, broad and depreded on the crown, and gradually 
fmaller to the nofe, where, though fmall, it is dill obtufe : the nodrils are large; the 
mouth is not very wide, but it is well fernilhed with teeth ; the eyes are fmall, bright, 
black, and prominent: the ears are very low and inconfiderable ; they fearce in¬ 
deed deferve the name, but the aperture is diffidently large : the body is broad and 
thick, but not very long; the back is prominent; the belly flat; the legs are fhort 
and robud; the cl^ws diarp, but not very long or drong. 
The whole upper furface of the body is covered with elegant white fpines, in the 
place of hair; they are longer, but not thicker, than the fpines of the common hedge¬ 
hog : the belly is covered with a pale-coloured, hardi kind of hair, and the legs are 
alfo covered with a hairinefs of the fame kind, fhort, harfh, and not very thick fet. 
It is a native of the American idands ; Ray and others call it Erinaceus Indicus 
albus. 
D A S Y P U S. 
T H E body of the Dafypus is covered with a kind of bony or horny coat of 
mail. 
Dafypus, 
