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ER IN A C EU S FRO N TA L IS. — S m i t h .
M a m m a l i a .— P l a t e III. ( F e m a l e . )
E. ovatus; spinis varie intertextis ad basin et versus apicem albis, in medio purpurascentibus, apicibus
quibusdam brunneis reliquis albidis; pilis rigidis subnigris aut griseis; fascia frontali alba; auriculis
oblongis pilis brevibus obtectis.
Longitudo 7^ une.
E rinaceus frontalis, Smith, South African Quarterly Journal, No. 5. Oct. 1831.
E rinaceus frontalis, Ben-net, Proceedings Zoological Society, Dec. 1832.
C o l o u r , & c .—The head and the sides of the neck and of the body blackish
brown, slightly variegated by an intermixture of greyish white hairs; the
forehead and the sides of the neck, immediately under the ears, pure white;
the quills of the back white, each annulated towards the middle with purple,
the points of many of them light brown. The under surface of the neck, the
middle of the breast and belly, and the lower half of the limbs dusky white ;
tail black; eyes very deep brown ; claws horn-coloured.
F o r m , & c .—Body oval, broadest behind and wider in proportion to its
length than in the common Hedge-hog. Muzzle slightly elongated ; incisors
of upper jaw much separated, those of lower jaw nearly contiguous; ears
moderately long, and both surfaces thinly covered with short hair, the tips
somewhat rounded. The back and the upper part of the sides densely
covered with spines from an inch to an inch and a half in length, the rest of
the body, the legs and the head thinly coated with bristly hair; tail slender;
limbs very long; toes short; claws blunt and slightly curved.
DIMENSIONS.
Inches. Lines.
Length from the tip of the nose to the
base of the tail.................... 7 6
of the tail................................ 0 6
Inches. Lines.
Distance between the tip of the nose
and the e y e ........... 1 3
the eye and the ear... 0 9
Height at the middle of the back....... 0 5
The male, as regards the colours, is like the female.
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