ARKIY FÖR ZOOLOGI. 



BAND 6. N:o 15. 



Sliort Comparatiye Notes oii tlie Aii.atoiny of 

 tlie Indian Tapir. 



By 



EINAR LÖNNBERG. 



With 7 Figures. 

 Read April 13th 1910. 



The Indian Tapir has been dissected several times and 

 parts of its anatoray have been described by authors quoted 

 in the following. Although this anima] is not unknown with 

 regard to its inner structure, there are, however, several ad- 

 ditions and even corrections that can be made, and there- 

 fore the following notes, accompanied by some figures may 

 deserve to be published in spite of their incompleteness. They 

 are based on a 3^oung female but apparently nearly fullgrown 

 Indian Tapir, whioh died in a menagerie in Stockholm this 

 winter. 



The palate of the Indian Tapir is long and narrow (conf. 

 fig. 1). It is decidedly concave, especially posteriorly bet- 

 ween the molars. The median groove, raphe j)alati, is well 

 pronounced and on either side of the same 18 rugce folaiince 

 are to be counted.^ Between and in front of the first pair, 

 which is less strongly developed than the other palatal folds 

 of the anterior portion of the palate, a very distinct papilla 

 incisiva is to be seen. It is about 8 mm. broad, rounded 

 behind, somewhat elongated in front. 



^ W. N. Parker counted 17 on one, 18 on the other side (Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1882 p. 768.) 



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