XXVIII. 
PORCU¬ 
PINE. 
iqjCrested. 
Two cutting teeth in each jaw. 
Body covered with long, 
Upper lip divided. 
Arljlot . J:\ft. An. lib . i. c. 6 . 
Gfpian Cyneg. III. 391. 
Hyftrix, Plinii , lib. Via. c. 35. 
Gefner quad. 563. Raiijyn. quad. 
206. 
Acanthi'on criftatus, Klein quad. 
66 . 
Hyftrix orientalis criftata, Seb. 
Muf. I. 79. tab. L. 
hard and fliarp quils. 
Hyftrix criftata. H. pal mis te- 
trada&ylis, plantis pentada&ylis, 
capite criftato, canda abbreviata 
Lin.fyfl. 76. Haffclquifl. itin. 29o. 
Hyftrix capite criftato. Brijfon 
quad. 83. 
Le Porc-epic de Buff on , xii. 402. 
tab. li. lii. Pannul. Sinens. 
P. with a long creft on the top of the head reclining 
backwards, formed of ftiff briftles: the body covered 
with long quils; thofe on the hind part of the body 
nine inches in length, very iharp at the ends," varied 
with black and white ; between the quils a few hairs: 
the head, belly and legs,, are covered with (trong 
briftles, terminated with foft hair, of a dufky color : 
the whifleers long : ears like the human : four toes 
before, five behind : tail fhort, and covered with 
quils : length, from nofe to tail, two feet \ tail, four 
inches. 
Inhabits Indicia Perjia and Valeftine , and all parts 
of Africa : is found wild in Italy; but is hot origi¬ 
nally a native of * Europe: is brought into the mar¬ 
kets of Rome , where it is eat ft. The Italian porcu¬ 
pines have (barter quils and a Idler creft, than thofe 
* Agricola An. Suit,. 486. 
f Rd/s "Travels,, I. 311. Fh. Tr. abridg. V. 147. 
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