602 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES. 



M. 



Dc])th calcaneum behind 025 



Widtli ealcaiieum at astragalus *. 0155 



Greatest axial length of astragalus 045 



Width between trochlear crests astragalus 022 



Length neck between trochlear, outer side 014 



"Widtli head between trochlear 0:^0 



■VYidtli navicular 031 



Length navicular at middle .' 010 



Length cuboid 022 



Depth outside 025 



Length ectocuneiform in front 013 



Width" ectocuneiform in front . 019 



Width inesocuneiforni in front 019 



Length uicsocuneiforin in front 008 



Length entocuneiforni at side 021 



Depth entocuneiforni at side 015 



Length of metatarsus II 102 



Length of metatarsus III 107 



Width of metatarsus II proxiuially ^ OIG 



Width of metatarsus III lu-oximally 020 



Width of metatarsus II distal! y } within ^ 016 



Width of metatarsus III distally . . 5 ^oasa \ . 025 



Length median phalanges 1 025 



Width median jihalanges I distally 015 



Depth median phalanges I distally .. - 009 



Leugth median [>halauges II 015 



Length median phalanges unguis .■ 029 



Width of articular facet unguis 014 



Width of neck of facet imguis 021 



Width of greatest expanse facet unguis 029 



Leugth phalanges of metatarsal II 060 



Length unguis of metatarsal II 028 



Width unguis, (greatest) 018 



Leugth metarsus and phalanges IV 158 



Bcstoration. — The following dimeusions may be relied ou as a basis for 

 a restoration of this species : 



31easnrements. 



M, 



fhead 0.220 



J , ■■ . vertebral column less tail 063 



l^ equal 42.1 inches 1.283 



f of neural spines exposed 035 



I of scapula 215 



Height--^ of foreleg 692 



t total 31.05 inches inclusive 947 



' of hind lesi 770 



Height . 



of elevation of ilium 135 



Is'- 



Jotal 29.7 inches 905 



Depth of body at middle manubrium 255 



Depth of body at 15 rib 250 



Allowance being made for the obliqnity of the humerus, scapula, 

 femur, and ilium, the elevation in life was — 



M. 



At the withers, (26.6 inches) 872 



At the rump 762 



The size of this species was, then^ that of a large sheep. 



Comparison of the sMeton with that of Tapirus ronUni. — For the oppor- 

 tunity of making this comparison I am indebted to the Smithsonian 

 Institution, which possesses a skeleton of the above species of tapir from 

 Ecuador, presented by President Moreno. 

 . Cranium. — In addition to the generic characters mentioned at the 



