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IV. TAPIRU8 (TAPIEELLA) BAIRDI. 



Elasmognathus bairdii, Gill, Proc. Ac. Sci. Philad. 1865, p. 183, 



Aiiicr. J. Sci. vol. xliii, p. 370, 1865; Verrill, Amer. J. Sci. 



vol. xliv, p. 126, 1866 ; Dotv, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 241 ; 



Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 885, pi. xlii, Cat. Carnivora, etc. 



Brit. Mus. p. 261, 1863, Hand-List TJiich-sMnned Mamm. Brit. 



Mas. p. 35, 1873 ; Alston, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 666, Biol. 



Centr.-Amer., Mamm. p. 101, pi. viii, figs. 1 and 2, 1882 ; Hatcher, 



Amer. J. Sci. 1896, vol. 1, p. 175, pis. iv and v. 

 Tapirus bairdi, Floivcr, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 240, TJie Horse, 



p. 46, 1891 ; Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 626, pi. i, 1874, 



p. 89; Alston, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Mamm. p. 101, pi. viii, figs. 1 



and 2, 1882; Flower and Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mus. R. Coll. 



Surg. pt. ii, p. 385, 1884 ; Flower and Lydekker, Study of 



Mammals, p. 371, 1891 ; Lydekker, Great and Small Game of 



Europe, etc. p. 390, 1901 ; Bcddard, Cambridge Nat. Hist., 



Mamm. p. 251, 1902. 

 Tapirus araericanus, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 51, nee Cuvicr. 

 Tapirus (Elasmognathus) bairdi, J. C. Merriam, Univ. Calif. Ball. 



Dep. Geol. vol. vii, p. 175, 1913. 

 Tapirella bairdi. Palmer, Science, ser. 2, vol. xvii, p. 873, 1903 ; 



Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. {Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. iv) p. 87. 



1904. 



Baird's Tapir. 



Type of Elasmognathus and Tapirella. 

 Typical locality, Panama : the range extends northwards 

 to southern Mexico. 



67. 8. 31. 1. (1500, h). Immature, mounted, and skull. 

 Yeragua ; collected by 0. Salvin, Esq. Purchased, 1867. 



68. 3. 21. 22 (1500, c). Young skin, and skeleton. Same 

 locality and collector. Purchased, 1868. 



71. 10. 20. 6 (1500, d). Young, mounted, and skeleton. 



Nicaragua. Purchased {Zoological Society), 1871. 



75. 2. 26. 16. Fcetus in spirit. Cohan, Guatemala ; 



collected hy 0. Salvin, Esq. Purchased, 1875. 



79. 9. 17. 1 (1500, /). Skull. Costa Pdca. 



Purchased, 1879. 

 79. 9. 17. 2 (1500,70. Skeleton, female. Pacuar, 

 Atlantic coast of Costa Rica ; collected by J. J. Cooper. 



Purchased, 1879. 

 86. 11. 12. 1 (1500,^). Skull. British Honduras. 



Presented hy Dr. von Twyl, 1886. 



