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GENUS XVII. The HEDGE HOG. 
SPECIES I The HEDGE HOG, or URCHIN. 
Echinus fc. erinaceus terreftris. 
Rail fyn quad. 231. 
Meyer's an. I. Tab. 95, 96. 
Sib. Scot • 11 . 
Erinaceus parvus noftras. Sel> 
Mus. I. p. 78. Tab. 49. f. i, 2. 
Erinaceus auriculis ereftis. Bnjfon 
quad. 181. 
f —| \ H E ufual length of this animal, 
I exclufive of the tail, is ten inches : 
the tail is little more than an inch 
long ; but fo concealed by the fpines as fcarce 
to be vifible. The form of the nofe, is like 
. f: • * —- . * ‘ £ 'l 
that of the hog \ the upper mandible being 
much longer than the lower; and the end flat : 
the noftrils are narrow, terminated on each fide 
by a thin loofe flap : the color of the nofe is 
dulky; it is cover’d by a few fcattered hairs : 
the upper part of the head, the fides, and the 
rump, are clothed with ftrong ftiff hairs, ap¬ 
proaching the nature of briftles, of a yellow- 
ifh and cinereous hue. 
The legs are fhort, of a dufky color, and 
almoft bare : the toes on each foot are five in 
number, long and feparated the whole way : 
the thumb or interior toe, is much fhorter 
than the others : the claws long, but weak : 
the whole upper part of the body and fides, 
are clofely covered with ftrong fpines, of an 
inch in length, and very fharp pointed : their 
lower part is white, the middle black, the 
points white. The eyes are fmall and placed 
Buffon Tom. 8. 28. Tab. 6. 
Echinus terreftris. Gefner quad. 
368. -o 
Erinaceus europseus. Lin.fyft • 5 2. 
Erinaceus ipinofus auriculatus. 
Faun. fuec. 16. 
Acanthion vulgaris noftras- Klein 
quad. 66- 
f Portug . Ourizo 
German, Eigel 
Dutch , Egel 
Swedijh , Igelhot 
high in the head : the ears are round, pretty 
large and naked. The mouth is fmall, but 
well furnilhed with teeth : in each jaw are 
two lharp pointed cutting teeth : in the upper 
jaw are on each fide four tuihes, and five 
grinders : in the lower jaws on each fide are 
three tufhes, pointing obliquely forward j and 
beyond thofe, four grinders. Mr. Brijfon , 
from whofe obfervations this account of the 
teeth has been taken, has given a very accu¬ 
rate figure of the jaws and teeth, p. 295. 
The hedge hog is a nocturnal animal, keep¬ 
ing retired in the day} but is in motion the 
whole night, in fearch of food. It generally 
refides in fmall thickets, in hedges, or in 
ditches covered with bullies $ lying well 
wrapped up, in mofs, grafs, or leaves: its 
food is roots, fruits, worms, and infers : it 
lies under the undeferved reproach of fucking 
cattle, and hurting their udders 5 but the 
fmallnefs of its mouth renders that impoftible. 
It is a mild, helplefs, and patient animal $ 
and would be liable to injury from every ene¬ 
my. 
Britiflj , Draenog, Draen y coed 
French , Herifton 
Italian , Riccio 
Spanifh , Erizo 
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