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ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 6. N:0 15. 



Tapir according to Chalmers Mttchell's figure in Träns. 

 Zool. Soc. Bd. XVII p. 477. The presence of numerous 

 and well developed transverse folds (valvulae conniventes) in 

 the small intcstine has alreadv been described by Poelman, 



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Fig. 6. Caecum of a yoxxng Indian Tapir c. colon; cc. cjecocolic passage; i. 

 ileocsecal opening. 



OwEN etc, and althougli their size and number are reduced, 

 they are found in the greater part of the small intestine. 

 In its hindmost thin-walled portion they are, however, wan- 

 ting within a stretch of about 2—3 m. The terminal opening 

 of the ileum protrudes tubelike into the caecum. This protru- 



