"The body is short, thick, and stout; the nose pointed, the tail short or entirely wanting, and the upper surface more or less covered with short spines, which when the snimal roll themseles up into a ball, as they always do when alarmed or threatened, present an almsost insuperable obstacle to any predaceous animal that might attack them." —Goodrich, 1885

Hedgehog

"The body is short, thick, and stout; the nose pointed, the tail short or entirely wanting, and the…