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Table VI. — Distribution of the Tapiridce 



=" True affinities of these genera require revision. 

 =1 Affinities between tapirs and rhinoceroses. 



Nhinocerose. 

 in rrtictol/c or 

 l^aTerTeTtiari, 



I'iG. 20. — Distribution of the Rhinoceroses, living (solid Hack) and Pleistocene (shaded) 



Primitive rhinoceroses are found in the Pala;arctic and Nearctic Tertiaries and late 

 Tertiary of India and Africa. Comparison of the Paliearctic and Nearctic series indi- 

 cates that the center of dispersal was in west-central or southwestern Asia. 



