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Show MAMMALIA. 86 f 1 molars three bristled with each side three a sc ' ' longest, and on ' . lded with tubcx·cles.( l) Points and a small one stuc II . (The Common Hedgehog.) ' E. europreus, L ·; Buff· VI ' VdI . cl hedges ; passes t h e wm• - in the woo s an . . Ears short; common . . ·n the spring with an amph-hence lt 1SSUeS 1 . 1 ter in its burrow, w . lee seminales that 1s a most 1' · n of the ves1CU . . tude and comp 1 ~auo which constitute its ordinary diet, It incredible. To msects, . ae its teeth become worn. . b which at a certam ao adds fru1t, Y used to dress hemp. The skin was formerly . LXIII. (The Long-eared Hedge- E. auritus, Pall.; Schteb. C d' . ears as large as the two· 11 than the prece mg' . r hog-.) Sma er . . .1 to the europreus m 1orm 1 d otherwlse s1ml ar thirds of the 1ea ' h th of the Caspian sea, as and habits. It is found from t e nor far as Egypt inclusively. CENTENES, Illig. d . th spines like the Hedge- r T ec is covere W1 . . If The body o the enr h f culty of rolhng ltse so h ver possess t e a . d hog. It does not owe . '1• the muzzle is very pomte' completely into a ball: there 1S noTthal ' re four or six incisors, and different. ere a and the teeth are very . B h' d the canini are one or two two great cam· m· · each JaW e m · m · db . tl d molars. Three species small teeth, an d f our t r iangular an f nsh ' e h has been naturali·z e d m· d the first o w lC are found in Ma agascar, 1 ·mal which passes three the Isle of France. I t 1· 5 a nocturna am lth' ough inhabiting the · tate of lethargy, a months of the year m a s h t it is during the greatest torrid zone. Brugiere even assures us t a heats that they grow torpid. • B ff. XII I vi. (The Tenrec.) C~· Erinaceus ecaudatus, L.' u • 'h d 'ncisors below. !tis . h t'ff ines . only four note e 1 vered w1t s 1 sp ' d the hedgehog in size. the largest of the three, and excee lsi 1 .. The spines more Erinaceus setosus, L .•, Buff· X .' .v u. · ch 1 ·aw. · otched mc1sors 111 ea flexible and setaceous ; S1X n d . dl. scriminately with . · 'nosus Covere m . E-nnaceus sem~-sp~ · d bl k • its six incisors spines and se~re; striped with yellow :nd . ~c e ~ardly that of a and canini are all slender and boo e ' SlZ Mole.(2) • . f1 t that the Hedgehog eats hundred~~ ( 1) Pallas has noted as an mterestlng. ac ' . e roduces the most hornble Cantharides without inconvenience, while a smgle on p agony in the Dog and the Cat. . . f, • g Tenrec. Voy. ab (2) nuff., Suppl. Ill, pl. 37, has ~~s~aken It ot a youn Chine, IJ, P· 140, giv.es a wrong description of the teeth. CARNARIA. 87 CLADOBATEs, Fr. Cuv.-TUPAIA, Raff. This is a new genus from the Indian Archipelago. The teeth have much affinity with those of the Hedgehog ; their middle upper incisors, however, are proportionably shorter, and the four lower ones elongated; there is also no tubercular one behind. The animal is covered with hair, has a long shaggy tail, and, contrary to the habits of other Insectivora, climbs trees with the agility of a Squirrel; the pointed muzzle, however, makes the, animal easily distinguishable even at a distance. (I) SoREX, Lin. The Shrews are generally small, and covered with hair. Under this, and upon each flank, there is a small band of stiff, thickly set setre, from between which, in the rutting season, oozes an odorous fluid, the product of a peculiar gland.(2) The two middle upper incisors are hooked and dentated at their base, the lower ones slanting and elongated : five small teeth on each side follow the first, and two only the second. There are moreover in each jaw three bristled molat·s, and in the upper one, the last is a small tuberculous tooth. This animal lives in holes it excavates in the earth, which it seldom leaves till evening, and lives on· worms and insects. One species only was for a long time known in France; the Sor. araneus, L.; Buff. VIII, x, 1. (The Common Shrew.) Grey above ; ash-coloured beneath ; tail square, and not so long as the body by one-third ; teeth white ; ears naked and exposed; common in the fields, &c. This little animal has been accused of producing a disease in horses by its bite; the imputation however is false, and arises, perhaps, from the fact, that though Cats kill the Shrew, they will not eat it on account of its unpleasant odour. Daubenton has discovered the Sor.fodiens, Gm.; S. Daubentonii, Blumenb.; Buff. VIII, xi. (The Water Shrew.) Rather larger than the common one; black above; white beneath;. tail compressed at the end, and not so long as the body by one-fourth; the incisors red at the ends; (1) 'the banxring ,· Cladob.javanica, Fr. Cuv.; Tupaia javanica, Horsf. Jav.;Ol. lana, Fr. Cuv.; Tup. tana, Horsf.;-Clad. Jerruginea, Fr. Cuv.; Tup. ferruginea, Rafi'. The genus GnrNURA of Vigors and Horsfield-Zoolog. Journ.III, pl. 8, appears to approximate to Cladobates by the teeth, and to the Shrew by its point~ d 811?ut and scaly tail. There are five unguiculated toes to each foot, and tolera. ly sttff seta: growing among woolly hairs. It can only be properly classed when Its anatomy is known. (2) See Geoff., Mem. du Mus., vol. 1, p. 299. |
