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46. 8. 7. 24 (719, h). Skull. Cape Verd. Topo-type. 



Presented hj T. Tatum, Esq., 1836. 



Tlie reference of the following sjjecimen to this race is 

 ^provisional : — 



65. 5. 3. 5 (719, u). Skull. Nigeria; collected by Dr. 

 AV. B. Baikie. Purchased (Stevens), 1865. 



Subfamily ii.— DICOTYLINiE. 



Fore-feet with four and hind-feet with three complete 

 toes ; 32 teeth, the dental formula being i. f , c. -\, i^. -|, m. f ; 

 upper canines comparatively short, straight, and directed 

 downwards ; stomach complex ; a dorsal gland ; 2 teats ; 

 tail rudimentary ; upper ends of third and fourth metacarpals 

 and metatarsals united. 



The distribution is restricted to the New World, where 

 peccaris range from Arkansas and Texas to the Eio Negro 

 of Patagonia. 



VI. Genus DICOTYLES. 



Tayassu, Fischer, Zoognonia, vol. iii, p. 284, 1814 ; Miller, List 

 N, Amer. Mamm. p. 384, 1912; recommended for siqypression in 

 favour of Dicotyles by '■'■ fiat''' of International Commission of 

 Zootogical Nomenclature, 1914, vide Zool. Anz. vol. xliv, p. 285. 



Dicotyles, Cuvicr, Regne Animal, vol. i, p. 237, 1817 ; GriffifJi, 

 Animal Kingdom, vol. v, p. 289, 1827 ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1868, p. 58, Cat. Carnivora, etc. Brit. Mus. p. 351, 1869 ; Elliot, 

 Synop. Mamm. N. Amer. {Field Mus. Zool. Pub.) vol. ii, p. 33, 

 1901 ; Loomis, Amer. J. Sci. vol. xxx, p. 383, 1910; Houv, Anat. 

 Eefte Wiesbaden, Abt. 1, vol. xl, p. 717, 1910. 



Notophorus, Fischer, Mem. Soc. Moscon, vol. v, p. 373, 1817. 



Dicotylus, Bowdich, Anal. Nal. Classif. Mamm. p. 71, 1821. 



Adenonotus, Broolces, Cat. Mus. p. 11, 1828. 



Dycoteles, Jardinc, Naturalist's Libr., Mamm. vol. v, p. 234 (1836) ; 

 Blytli, Cuvicr's Anim. Kingdom, p. 131, 1840. 



Dicotyle, Gervais and Ameejltino, Mamm. Foss. Amer. Sud. p. 110, 

 1880. 



Dycotyles, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. viii, p. 54, 1896. 



Olidosus, Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xiv, p. 120, 1901. 



Tagassu, Elliot (ex Frisch), Mamm. Mid. Amer. and W. Indies 

 (Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. iv), p. 66, 1904. 



Tayassus, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Sujjpl. p. 658, 1904. 



