672 THE BEIDGER EPOCH. 



M. 



Length median phalanges i 0.025 



, Width median phalanges ii distally 015 



Depth median phalanges iii distally 009 



Length median phalanges ii 015 



tength median phalanges unguis 029 



Width of articular facet unguis 014 



Width of neck of facet unguis '- 021 



Width of greatest expanse facet unguis 029 



Length phalanges of metatarsal ii 060 



Length unguis of metatarsal ii 028 



Width unguis (greatest) 018 



Length metatarsus and phalanges iv 158 



Restoration. — The following dimensions may be relied on as a basis for 

 a restoration of this species: 



M. 



r head 0.220 



vertebral column less tail 063 



Length < 



I, equal 42.1 inches - 1.283 



f of neural spines exposed 035 



I of scapula 215 



Height < of fore leg 692 



[ total 31.05 inclusive 947 



' of hind leg 770 



_. ,^ of elevation of ilium 135 



Height < 



, total 29.7 inches 905 



Depth of body at middle manubrium 255 



Depthofbody at 15thrib 250 



Allowance being made for the obliquity of the humerus, scapula, femur, 

 and ilium, the elevation in life was — 



M. 



At the withers (26.6 inches) 8*2 



At the rump - ~62 



The size of this species was, then, that of a large sheep. 



Comparison of the skeleton with that of Tapirus rouUni. — For the oppor- 

 tunity of making this comparison I am indebted to the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, which possesses a skeleton of the above species of tapir from Ecua- 

 dor, presented by Pi^esident Moreno. 



Cranium. — In addition to the generic characters mentioned at the com- 

 mencement of this description, the H. eximius and T. roulini differ as follows: 

 In H. eximius there is (1) a high sagittal crest which is wanting in T. rouUni, 

 T. malayanus, and approximated in T. terrestris; (2) the crest of the squa- 



