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TAPIRELLA. 



Measurements. Total length, 1050; height, 575.* (Immature.) 

 Skull : occipito-nasal length about 455 ; Hensel, 409 ; zygomatic width 

 179; palatal length, 210; length of mandible, angle to tip of incisors, 

 375- 



FIG. XXVIII. TAPIRELLA DOWI. Dows TAPIR. 



66. dowi (Elasmognathus) , Gill, Amer. Jour. Scien. Arts, L, 1870, 



p. 142. 

 Dow's TAPIR. 



Type locality. Gautemala. 



Geogr. Distr. Gautemala and Nicaragua, Central America. 



Genl. Char. In the young the basilar processes are "recurrent 

 forward along the frontal bones, and as the animal advances in age 

 the f rentals grow forward, and force apart the nasals, which do not 

 increase, and are fused with the frontals." Young without longi- 

 tudinal whitish stripes. 



Color. Face and nose rufous; cheeks pale brown; remainder of 

 body and limbs blackish brown. 



Measurements. About the same as those of T. bairdi. 



* An adult should measure twice this size. One obtained by Mr. Heller in 

 the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, has the following measurements : Total length, 

 2020, tail vertebrae, 70; hind foot, 375; ear, 140. 



