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from the bottom of the jaw; body very large, 

 rather short, and situated liigh upon the legs ; 

 head very large ; neck very short ; proboscis very 

 much elongated, moveable in all directions, en- 

 closing the two nasal tubes, and terminated by a 

 moveable appendage which performs the function 

 of a finger; eyes very small, lateral ; external ears 

 flat and very large, lateral ; tongue fleshy, smooth, 

 and very thick ; legs very long, thick, and termi- 

 nated by five toes, which are only apparent 

 through the hoof placed at the base of the foot, and 

 of which one or two are wanting in the hind foot; 

 tail moderate, terminated by a tuft of coarse hairs; 

 two pectoral mammae; skin very thick, rugous, 

 rather loose, naked in the living, hairy in the fos- 

 sil species. 



Frontal and maxillary sinuses very large, and 

 extending over the greatest portion of the cra- 

 nium ; openings of the anterior nares very high ; 

 proper bones of the nose small, triangular, and 

 thick; inferior jaw pointed before, witli its sym- 

 physis grooved ; articular condyles of the large 

 bones of the extremities, disposed in a vertical 

 line ; head of the femur in the axis of the bone ; 

 acetabulum situate rather beneath the pelvis ; 

 stomach simple; intestines voluminous; csecum 

 enormous. 



Liver composed of two lobes ; no gall bladder. 



Habit. Powerful, robust, endowed with much 

 jutelligencc, using their trunk with great address. 



