CHOEROGRYLLUS, a Hedgehog, or a Porcupine, an animal which the Law Levit. xi. 5. שפן χοιρογρύλλιος. Chœrogryllus.of Moses has declared to be unclean s. The Legislator says, that the Hedge-hog chews the Cud; but as it divides not the hoof, it is judged unclean. The Hebrew Schaphan is not very well understood by us.
us. Some say it is the Hare, others the Rabbit. But Moses had before spoken of the Hare, and the Rabbit does not chew the cud. It cannot therefore be either of these animals. Nor can it be the Chærogryllus or Hedgehog, because it does not chew the cud. Bochart believes it to be a kind of large Rat, common in Arabia, good to eat, and called Aliarbuho. These animals chew the cud, dwell in rocks, and go in troops; qualities which the Scripture ascribes to the See the Hebrew Psal. civ. 18. Prov. xxx. 26. Levit. xi. 5.Schaphan.