. The book of the animal kingdom. Mammals. Mammals. ANIMALS WITH ARMOUR 107 The Common Tenrec and its allies are entirely confined to Madagascar and a few of the neighbouring islands. As Fig. 79 shows, they have long snouts and a body somewhat akin to that of the animal last under review. Whilst the common species does not possess a tail, the Hedgehog-Tenrecs have a short appendage as in the European animal. These Hedgehog-Tenrecs cannot, however, roll their body into a complete ball in the same way as the Common Hedgehog, for it is found that the powers of muscular contraction are far less de
. The book of the animal kingdom. Mammals. Mammals. ANIMALS WITH ARMOUR 107 The Common Tenrec and its allies are entirely confined to Madagascar and a few of the neighbouring islands. As Fig. 79 shows, they have long snouts and a body somewhat akin to that of the animal last under review. Whilst the common species does not possess a tail, the Hedgehog-Tenrecs have a short appendage as in the European animal. These Hedgehog-Tenrecs cannot, however, roll their body into a complete ball in the same way as the Common Hedgehog, for it is found that the powers of muscular contraction are far less developed, and whilst the animals are not related, it is most interest- ing to observe that both possess spines of a similar nature, which are used as weapons of defence in a similar way, that the food is somewhat similar and that they are nocturnal. The Madagascan animals are smaller than the Common Hedge- hog, one species being about six inches in length, whilst another of these Hedgehog-Tenrecs is still smaller. Besides the foregoing, there are the Streaked Tenrecs, the Long- Tailed Tenrecs and the Rice-Tenrecs. None of these possess spines, and cannot therefore be justly included as armoured animals, and the mere mention of them must suffice, as the reader can, if he so desires, follow up the subject on his own account, for these com- parisons cannot fail at all times to prove of interest to the zealous and painstaking student of animal Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Westell, William Percival. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton
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