﻿MAMMALS 
  OF 
  NORTHERN 
  COLOMBIA 
  — 
  ^HERSHKOVITZ 
  473 
  

  

  brown; 
  long, 
  crinkly 
  wool-hairs 
  sparsely 
  present 
  on 
  sides 
  and 
  under- 
  

   parts; 
  guard-hairs 
  scattered, 
  slightly 
  stiff 
  er 
  than 
  cover-hairs 
  and 
  1 
  to 
  

   2 
  cms. 
  longer; 
  hairs 
  of 
  lower 
  parts 
  of 
  limbs 
  short, 
  harsh, 
  black 
  with 
  

   fine 
  brown 
  tips. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  thin 
  sprinkling 
  of 
  white 
  hairs 
  over 
  all 
  dark 
  

   parts 
  of 
  body. 
  Head 
  is 
  blackish 
  brown 
  dorsally, 
  with 
  whorl 
  on 
  fore- 
  

   head 
  ; 
  ear 
  well 
  haired 
  on 
  outer 
  side, 
  anterior 
  and 
  upper 
  borders 
  blackish 
  

   brown, 
  behind 
  brown 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  whitish; 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  ear 
  prac- 
  

   tically 
  bare 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  thin 
  concentration, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  conspicuous, 
  of 
  

   whitish 
  hairs 
  along 
  borders. 
  Sides 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  neck 
  are 
  brownish, 
  

   the 
  hairs 
  with 
  gray 
  bases; 
  muzzle 
  blackish 
  brown 
  with 
  tip 
  and 
  sides 
  

   strongly 
  grizzled 
  and 
  sharply 
  demarcated 
  from 
  narrow 
  white 
  band 
  

   encircling 
  mouth; 
  underparts 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  pelage 
  of 
  throat 
  long, 
  

   somewhat 
  matted, 
  that 
  of 
  belly 
  shorter, 
  and 
  directed 
  forward; 
  anal 
  

   region 
  thinly 
  haired, 
  whitish. 
  A 
  pair 
  of 
  teats 
  is 
  present. 
  

  

  Another 
  adult 
  female 
  exhibited 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  is 
  

   described 
  by 
  Grand 
  all 
  (Animal 
  Kingdom, 
  Bull. 
  New 
  York 
  Zool. 
  Soc, 
  

   vol. 
  54, 
  p. 
  3, 
  figs., 
  1951) 
  as 
  "clothed 
  [on 
  body] 
  with 
  dense, 
  matted 
  

   hair, 
  blackish 
  brown 
  in 
  color 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  head 
  paler. 
  Individual 
  hairs 
  

   from 
  the 
  back 
  are 
  approximately 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  with 
  one 
  

   or 
  two 
  kinks. 
  The 
  white 
  fringe 
  at 
  the 
  ear 
  tips, 
  present 
  in 
  all 
  tapirs, 
  

   is 
  especially 
  conspicuous 
  in 
  Panchita, 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  and 
  

   density 
  of 
  the 
  hair 
  .... 
  Also, 
  the 
  eyes 
  are 
  pale 
  brown 
  — 
  ^not 
  blue 
  

   as 
  often 
  stated." 
  

  

  Skin 
  of 
  a 
  third 
  adult 
  * 
  is 
  blackish 
  brown 
  on 
  back, 
  hairs 
  black 
  

   terminally, 
  dark 
  brown 
  basally, 
  the 
  brown 
  portion 
  increasing 
  pro- 
  

   gressively 
  toward 
  posterior 
  end 
  of 
  back; 
  sides 
  mixed 
  blackish 
  and 
  

   auburn, 
  becoming 
  nearly 
  uniformly 
  Tawny 
  on 
  belly, 
  chest, 
  and 
  

   posterior 
  sides 
  of 
  thighs; 
  limbs 
  blackish 
  brown 
  with 
  a 
  scattering 
  of 
  

   buffy 
  and 
  ochraceous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  rump 
  with 
  a 
  nearly 
  bald 
  area 
  ; 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  

   dark 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  nearly 
  black; 
  muzzle 
  bro^vn, 
  approximately 
  

   auburn; 
  sides 
  of 
  face 
  mixed 
  brown, 
  ochraceous 
  and 
  buffy; 
  upper 
  lip 
  

   and 
  chin 
  buffy, 
  throat 
  brown; 
  ears 
  auburn 
  edged 
  ^vith 
  buffy 
  to 
  

   ochraceous. 
  

  

  * 
  Sex 
  unknown, 
  it 
  was 
  removed 
  from 
  exhibition 
  in 
  the 
  halls 
  of 
  the 
  T7. 
  8. 
  National 
  Museum 
  in 
  March, 
  

   1911, 
  and 
  preserved 
  as 
  skull 
  and 
  two 
  flat 
  pieces 
  of 
  hide. 
  Somehow, 
  the 
  skin 
  was 
  given 
  the 
  same 
  catalog 
  

   number 
  (USNM 
  61221) 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  two 
  skins 
  of 
  T. 
  balrdii 
  formerly 
  mounted 
  and 
  exhibited 
  by 
  the 
  

   Guatemalan 
  Commission 
  in 
  the 
  Columbian 
  Exhibition. 
  The 
  skull 
  was 
  likewise 
  misnumbered 
  but 
  in 
  

   September 
  1938 
  was 
  renumbered 
  267894. 
  Most 
  likely, 
  the 
  specimen 
  originated 
  in 
  Ecuador 
  but 
  it 
  may 
  

   have 
  come 
  from 
  Colombia. 
  According 
  to 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  Qen. 
  8. 
  A. 
  Hurlbut 
  

   donated 
  skins 
  with 
  complete 
  skeletons 
  of 
  two 
  mountain 
  tapirs 
  he 
  seemed 
  in 
  Tolima, 
  Colombia. 
  The 
  

   skeletons 
  were 
  entered 
  in 
  the 
  Mammal 
  Division 
  "bone" 
  catalog 
  on 
  November 
  11, 
  1871, 
  as 
  numbers 
  11883 
  

   and 
  11884. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  account 
  of 
  corresponding 
  skins, 
  if 
  ever 
  accessioned. 
  In 
  1872, 
  President 
  Garcia 
  

   Moreno 
  of 
  Ecuador 
  presented 
  through 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Minister 
  to 
  Ecuador, 
  the 
  Hon. 
  E. 
  Rumsey 
  Wing, 
  a 
  

   complete 
  skeleton 
  of 
  mountain 
  tapir. 
  The 
  specimen 
  is 
  entered 
  in 
  the 
  "bone" 
  catalog 
  as 
  No. 
  12759. 
  How- 
  

   ever, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  for 
  1873 
  (p. 
  47), 
  a 
  mounted 
  specimen 
  

   was 
  also 
  donated 
  by 
  President 
  Garcia 
  Moreno. 
  A 
  "skin" 
  catalog 
  entry 
  In 
  1874, 
  No. 
  11869, 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  

   mounted 
  "Japinu 
  Poulini" 
  without 
  further 
  data, 
  but 
  almost 
  certainly 
  the 
  specimen 
  now 
  at 
  hand. 
  

  

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