88 TAPIRELLA,. 
Measurements. Total length, 1to50; height, 575.* (Immature.) 
Skull: occipito-nasal length about 455; Hensel, 409; zygomatic width 
179; palatal length, 210; length of mandible, angle to tip of incisors, 
375: 
Fia. XXVIII. TAPIRELLA Dow!. Dow’s TAPIR. 
66. dowi (Elasmognathus), Gill, Amer. Jour. Scien. Arts, L, 1870, 
ORB 
Dow’s TaPir. 
Type locality. Gautemala. 
Geogr. Distr. Gautemala and Nicaragua, Central America. 
Genl. Char. In the young the basilar processes are ‘‘recurrent 
forward along the frontal bones, and as the animal advances in age 
the frontals grow forward, and force apart the nasals, which do not 
increase, and are fused with the frontals.’’ Young without longi- 
tudinal whitish stripes. 
Color. Face and nose rufous; cheeks pale brown; remainder of 
body and limbs blackish brown. 
Measurements. About the same as those of T. bairdi. 
* An adult should measure twice this size. One obtained by Mr. Heller in 
the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, has the following measurements: Total length, 
2020, tail vertebra, 70; hind foot, 375; ear, 140. 
