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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  103 
  

  

  T[apirus] 
  andicola 
  Gloger, 
  Gemeinniitziges 
  Hand- 
  und 
  Hilfsbuch 
  der 
  Natiir- 
  

   geschichte 
  . 
  . 
  ., 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  124, 
  1842 
  (new 
  name 
  for 
  pinchaque 
  Roulin). 
  

  

  Tapirus 
  leucogenys 
  Gray, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  London 
  (1872), 
  p. 
  488, 
  pi. 
  21, 
  1872 
  

   (type 
  locality, 
  "Ecuador, 
  on 
  the 
  Cordilleras 
  at 
  Sunia 
  and 
  Assuay"). 
  — 
  

   Lydekker, 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  ungulate 
  mammals 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  

   (Natural 
  History), 
  vol, 
  5, 
  p. 
  44, 
  1916 
  (type 
  from 
  "Assuay"; 
  listed 
  as 
  synonym 
  

   of 
  roulinii). 
  

  

  Types. 
  — 
  Of 
  pinchaque 
  Roulin, 
  adult 
  male, 
  skull 
  only, 
  MHNP, 
  

   collected 
  by 
  Roulin; 
  of 
  leucogenys 
  Gray, 
  adult 
  male 
  lectotype 
  (desig- 
  

   nated 
  by 
  Lydekker, 
  supra 
  cit.),skin 
  and 
  skull 
  mounted, 
  BM 
  72.1.24.3-4 
  

   (1577 
  b), 
  collected 
  by 
  Clarence 
  Buckley. 
  

  

  Type 
  localities. 
  — 
  Of 
  pinchaque 
  Roulin, 
  Pdramo 
  de 
  Sumapaz, 
  Cordil- 
  

   lera 
  Oriental, 
  south 
  of 
  Bogotd, 
  extreme 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Department 
  

   of 
  Cundinamarca, 
  Colombia; 
  of 
  leucogenys 
  Gray, 
  Pdramo 
  del 
  Azuay, 
  

   Cordillera 
  Oriental, 
  southern 
  Ecuador 
  (restricted 
  by 
  Lydekker, 
  

   supra 
  cit.). 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Generally 
  as 
  for 
  the 
  subgenus; 
  actual 
  specimens 
  

   recorded 
  in 
  scientific 
  literature 
  were 
  taken 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  Cordilleras 
  

   Oriental 
  and 
  Central 
  of 
  Colombia 
  and 
  the 
  Cordillera 
  Oriental 
  of 
  

   Ecuador, 
  from 
  5 
  degrees 
  north 
  latitude 
  (Mt. 
  Tolima) 
  to 
  about 
  4 
  

   degrees 
  south 
  latitude 
  (Azuay) 
  (see 
  map, 
  fig. 
  62); 
  altitudinal 
  range 
  

   between 
  2,000 
  and 
  4,400 
  meters. 
  Carriker 
  (in 
  G. 
  M. 
  Allen, 
  supra 
  cit.) 
  

   reported 
  tapirs 
  common 
  at 
  altitudes 
  from 
  8,000 
  to 
  10,000 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  

   Cordillera 
  Oriental, 
  Department 
  of 
  Santander, 
  Colombia, 
  at 
  the 
  

   Venezuelan 
  border, 
  about 
  7 
  degrees 
  north 
  latitude. 
  No 
  signs 
  of 
  

   T. 
  pinchaque 
  were 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  writer 
  in 
  the 
  comparatively 
  low 
  Sierra 
  

   de 
  Perijd, 
  the 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  CordiUera 
  Oriental 
  north 
  of 
  Santander, 
  

   and 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  unknown 
  in 
  the 
  Colombian 
  CordiUera 
  Occidental. 
  

   Tschudi 
  (supra 
  cit., 
  p. 
  215) 
  recorded 
  the 
  woolly 
  tapir 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  

   forest 
  zone 
  of 
  the 
  Peruvian 
  Andes 
  at 
  elevations 
  between 
  7,000 
  and 
  

   8,000 
  feet. 
  This 
  report, 
  never 
  since 
  confirmed, 
  was 
  based 
  on 
  testi- 
  

   mony 
  of 
  natives 
  who 
  killed 
  the 
  animal 
  in 
  "mittleren 
  Peru 
  in 
  der 
  Ceja 
  

   von 
  Comas, 
  Huancavelica 
  etc." 
  Published 
  records 
  of 
  tapir 
  tracks 
  

   noted 
  in 
  the 
  Andes 
  at 
  elevations 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  1,500 
  meters 
  

   above 
  sea 
  level 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  any 
  species, 
  although 
  no 
  museum 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  tapir 
  have 
  actually 
  been 
  collected 
  anywhere 
  within 
  300 
  meters 
  

   of 
  this 
  altitude. 
  

  

  Characters. 
  — 
  Those 
  given 
  for 
  the 
  subgenus. 
  Some 
  general 
  external 
  

   characters 
  are 
  mentioned 
  under 
  the 
  generic 
  heading. 
  Skin 
  of 
  adult 
  

   female 
  from 
  Rio 
  Majuas, 
  Colombia, 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  writer 
  in 
  1951, 
  

   is 
  blackish 
  brown 
  on 
  back, 
  sides 
  of 
  body, 
  upper 
  parts 
  of 
  limbs, 
  and 
  

   tail 
  ; 
  pelage 
  of 
  rump 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  middorsal 
  line 
  abraded 
  ; 
  individual 
  

   cover-hairs 
  of 
  dorsum 
  1 
  to 
  1)^ 
  centimeters 
  long, 
  with 
  very 
  fine, 
  crinkly, 
  

   brown 
  tips, 
  black 
  basally; 
  hairs 
  on 
  sides 
  of 
  body 
  and 
  chest 
  become 
  

   progressively 
  longer 
  to 
  approximately 
  3 
  cms. 
  with 
  basal 
  portions 
  

  

  