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horse ; his neck also is more erect and arched than that of the ass. 
He is perhaps more allied to the quagga, but without stripes, except a 
reported one along each side of the back to the tail. These were seen 
distinctly in a foal, but were not distinguished in the adults.” 
FAMILY TAPIRIDA—THE TAPIRS. 
These are somewhat hog-like animals, with elongated snouts, pos- 
sessing four toes on their fore-feet, and three on the hinder ones. They 
live in dense forests, are nocturnal in habit, and live exclusively on a 
Dentition of Tapir. 
vegetable diet. The Indian tapir has a more powerful and extensile 
trunk than the American, and its skull shows in consequence a greater 
space for the attachment of the muscles. The dentition is as follows :— 
Inc., 3-3; can., 7—!;~ premolars, #4; molars, 3—3, The outer 
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incisors somewhat resemble canines, whilst the others are very small. 
The canines themselves are not large. 
The tapir is not found in India proper, but the Malayan species 
is occasionally to be come across in Burmah, having been killed in 
Tenasserim. . 
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