LÖNNBERG, ANATOMY OF INDIAN TAPIR. 11 



To judge from Owen's^ measurements the large intestine 

 of an »American Tapir» should be still shorter or only about 

 22% of the small one, whicli also is stated to be shorter 

 than that of its Indian congener. In this case a difference 

 in diet is presumable. 



In the present specimen of Indian Tapir the bile-duct 

 opens on a broad round papilla (conf. fig. 5) about 10 cm 



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Fig. 5. Intestine of a young Indian Tapir. bd. opening of bileduct; c. coecum ; 

 cl. colic löop: d. duodenum. 



from the strong and projecting pyloric sphincter, which is 

 simple as in the Rhinoceros, not double as in the Horse. 

 About 6 cm. further backwards a separate pancreatic duct 

 opens into the duodenum. In this respect as well the Tapir 

 resembles the Rhinoceros,^ and there is no diverticulu7n duo- 

 deni, as in the Horse, around the orifice of the bile-duct. 



The general arrangement of the intestine is displayed on 

 the accompanying figure (fig 5). From this may be seen 

 that the duodenal loop is not so long as in the American 



^ 1. c. p. 458. 



- Conf. Garrod: Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873 p, 98. 



