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crown, projects a sort of spur of enamel, lying in 

 the direction of the transverse oblique eminences. 

 Two strong roots, one anterior, the other poste- 

 rior, rather flattened in their antero-posterior di- 

 rection, and slightly divergent at their distal por- 

 tion, very analogous to those of the small fossil 

 Tapir of Cuv. (Anim. Foss. vol. ii. pi. 4.) The 

 whole tooth is completely petrified to its centre, 

 very brittle and tinged with iron. 



Remarks. In size and form, this tooth bears 

 considerable analogy to the teeth of the small 

 fossil Tapir of Cuvier, but differs, 1st, in the 

 greater obliquity of the transverse eminences ;) 

 (this is less important, as the teeth described by 

 Mr. Cuvier belonged to the loAver jaw.) 2nd, In 

 the form of the disks occasioned by detrition it 

 differs from both the fossil and recent Tapirs. 

 The transverse eminences or crests of enamel, 

 are straight in the living species, very oblique in 

 this fossil, the disk forming a simple triangle in 

 the former. 



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