$i8 HEDGE-HOG. 
water: they burrow on land : lie torpid during fix 
months, during which time their old hair falls off. 
Their Belli is eaten by the Indians , but is very flabby 
and infipid. 
g4g,G uiana. American hedge-hog. Bancroft 131: 
Guiana , 144. # . Erinaceus americanus albus* Seb. 
Erinaceus inauris. E. auriculis Muf. I. 78. tab. xlix. fg. 3. 
nullis, Lin.fyft. 75. Briflon quad. 
H. without external ears, having only two orifices 
for hearing : has a ftiort thick head : back and fides 
covered with Ihort fpines of an aih-color tinged with 
yellow: face, belly, legs and tail, covered with foft 
whitifh hair: above the eyes, of a chefnut color *, 
back part and fides of the head of a deeper color: 
length, from nofe to tail, eight inches: tail Ihort: 
claws long and crooked. 
Inhabits Guiana . 
Div. IL 
