42 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATKS 



Tapir : Brazilian Tapir. 



Type of genus. 



Typical locality lirazil or Paraguay. 



A.— Tapirus teppestris teppestpis. 



Typical locality Brazil or Paraguay. 



General characters those of the species. 



38, a. Skin, immature, mounted. Locality unknown. 



The reference of this and otlier specimens, of which the 



place of origin is unknown, to the present race, is provisional. 



Presented ht/ the Royal College of Surgeons. 



709, /i. Skeleton, young. Locality unknown. 



jVo hist or//. 



42. 4. lu. L (38, li). Skin, young, mounted. Locality 

 unknown. Purchased {Tiicher), 1842. 



42. 6. 20. 1 (709, c). Skull. Ifio de Janeiro, Brazil. 



Presented />// J. Miers, Esq., 1842. 



43. 2. 1. r)7 (709,?;). Skull, Berluce, British Guiana. 



Purchased {Serivener), 184.">. 

 47. 4. G. 1 (709, d). Skeleton. Brazil. 



Pvrcliased (BerJcer), 1847. 

 55. 12. 26. l-'l (709, c). Skull, immature. Doinerara ; 

 collected by Sir IJ. Schomburgk. 



Purchased (Zoological Societ/j), 1855. 



55. 12. 26. i:.2 (709,/). Skull, young. Locality 

 unknown. Purchased (Zjoologiea/ Society), 1855. 



56. 1. 12. 5 (38,/). Skin, young, mounted. Locality 

 vmknown. Fiiiured by Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, pi. xvii, 

 fig. 3. Pvrchased (Stevens), 1856. 



72. 6. 4. 1 (709, 7?i). Skull. Surinam; collected by 

 Mr. E. Bartlett. PurcJiased, 1872. 



82. 9. 30. 21 (709,/>). Skull. Taquara, Kio Grande do 

 Sul, Brazil ; collected by Dr. H. von Ihering. 



Purcliased, 1882. 



82. 9. 30. 22-23 (709, ^ and r). Two skulls, female. 



Same locality and collector. Same history. 



84. 2. 8. 15 (709, s). Skull. Same locality and collector. 



Purchased, 1884. 



