26 TAPIRELLA DENDKOHYRAX. 



descriptuni, Dr. (iill speaks of the vunuT iiml tlie na.sal .septum, both of which 

 are wanting in the younger specimen, and it is reasonable to assume that the 

 remainder of the description is based upon the older and more perfect skull. 



Elasmognathus dowii Gill. 



Amcr. Jour. Sci. and Arts, 2d Ser., L, p. 142, 1870. 

 =Tapirella dowii ((iill). See Elliot, Land and Sea Mammals Middle America and 

 West Indies, Field Columbian Mus., Zool. Ser., IV, p. 88, 1904. 



11278. Skull, no skin. Nearly adult, (Tuateniala. Collected by 

 Capt, J. M. Dow. Original luiniber 1. Catalog-ued Jnh' lt>, 187<), 



Skull nearly perfect, but vomer lost, and the following teeth are missing: 

 The two first upper premolars and the two first lower premolars; all the upper 

 incisors and canines, except the third right incisor. The last fdur molars are 

 not yet level with the alveoli. 



Type not designated by number. The original description refers to four adults 

 and one young in the Smithsonian collection, all obtained by Capt. .lohn M. 

 Dow. These five specimens are found to be numbers 11278-9, 11280-1-2, bear- 

 ing original numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The title of Dr. Gill's article is "A new 

 species of Tapir, from (iuatemala." It happens that but one of five specimens 

 came from CJuatemala, namely, the first, no. 11278, and that one shows the 

 reduced fused nasals em i)hasized in the descrijition better than any of the others. 

 This specimen is plainly marked "Guatemala" in old lettering on the skull; 

 the other four are marked " Salvador, C. A." In tlie catalogue, number 11278 

 was first entered as "Salvador, C. Am.," but the "Salvador" has a line drawn 

 through it and "Guatemala" written above. The other four are marked "Sal- 

 vador." In view of the above facts, Cat. No. 11278 must be regarded as the type. 



Family PROCAVIIDiE. 



Genus DENDROHYRAX. 



Dendrohyrax validus True. 



Proc. U. S. Nat, Mus., XIII, No. 814, p. 228, September 16, 1890. 



fKtt ^kin and .skull. Adult male. Mount Kilimanjaro, German 

 East Africa, June 17, 1888. Collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 

 Original number 8. Catalogued June 24, 1890. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect, except for the following inju- 

 ries to teeth: Two middle lower incisors broken off at alveoli, also first lower left 

 premolar, both upi)er incisors, first three upper i)remolars right side, and first 

 two upper premolars left side all broken or worn off to the alveoli. 



No type designated. Five specimens are listed by number, of which l^?"'^ is 

 here chosen as the type because, first, it heads the list; second, it is the only one 

 of which a table of skull measurements is given; third, it is the only si)ecimen 

 coming from Mount Kilimanjaro, the other four coming from Taveta, and the 

 title of the paper reads, "Description of two new species of mammals from Mt. 

 Kilimanjaro, Ea.st Africa." 



The designation of (he skulLnumber 25796 in the original description is due to 

 an error made in the cataloguing. It has been corrected to 34721, 



