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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  103 
  

  

  - 
  Measurements. 
  — 
  Of 
  the 
  type 
  specimen, 
  fully 
  adult 
  male 
  with 
  worn 
  

   dentition 
  (ex 
  Roulin, 
  supra 
  cit., 
  p. 
  32): 
  Total 
  length, 
  5 
  ft., 
  6.5 
  in., 
  

   in 
  old 
  French 
  system, 
  or 
  approximately 
  1,800 
  mm.; 
  height 
  at 
  withers, 
  

   2 
  ft., 
  9 
  in., 
  or 
  about 
  900 
  mm.; 
  length 
  of 
  forefoot, 
  1 
  ft., 
  4 
  in., 
  or 
  about 
  

   433 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  foot 
  slightly 
  shorter; 
  circumference 
  of 
  upper 
  foreleg, 
  

   over 
  16 
  in.; 
  circumference 
  of 
  upper 
  hind 
  leg 
  considerably 
  less; 
  weight, 
  

   completely 
  eviscerated, 
  between 
  240-250 
  French 
  pounds. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   fully 
  adult 
  female, 
  from 
  Rio 
  Majuas, 
  upper 
  Rio 
  Magdalena 
  Valley, 
  

   Huila, 
  Colombia, 
  2,700 
  meters 
  altitude: 
  Head 
  and 
  body, 
  about 
  

   2,000 
  mm.; 
  tail, 
  50 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  foot 
  (approx., 
  from 
  skeleton) 
  310 
  mm.; 
  

   ear, 
  170 
  mm.; 
  height 
  at 
  withers 
  (approx., 
  from 
  skeleton) 
  870 
  mm.; 
  

   height 
  at 
  rump 
  (approx., 
  from 
  skeleton) 
  910 
  mm.; 
  weight, 
  583 
  pounds 
  

   (including 
  fetus 
  of 
  approximately 
  10 
  pounds). 
  Of 
  "Panchita," 
  

   adult 
  female, 
  on 
  21 
  November, 
  1951, 
  age 
  between 
  3K 
  and 
  4 
  years, 
  

   measurements 
  according 
  to 
  Lee 
  S. 
  Crandall, 
  General 
  Curator 
  of 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  (in 
  litt.): 
  "Tip 
  of 
  nose 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  tail, 
  

   6 
  ft. 
  [1,829 
  mm.]; 
  tail, 
  2 
  in. 
  [51 
  mm.]; 
  height 
  at 
  shoulder, 
  2 
  ft., 
  7% 
  in. 
  

   [80 
  mm.] 
  ; 
  height 
  at 
  hips 
  2 
  ft., 
  9}i 
  in. 
  [851 
  mm.] 
  ; 
  greatest 
  circumference, 
  

   4 
  ft., 
  3 
  in, 
  [1,295 
  mm.]." 
  At 
  reported 
  age 
  of 
  2K 
  years, 
  Panchita 
  weighed 
  

   223 
  pounds. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  The 
  abraded, 
  bald, 
  or 
  calloused 
  areas 
  of 
  the 
  rump 
  are 
  

   evidently 
  consequences 
  of 
  the 
  tapir's 
  habit 
  of 
  sitting 
  or 
  reclining 
  on 
  

   either 
  side 
  of 
  its 
  rump 
  and 
  from 
  scrubbing 
  the 
  affected 
  areas 
  against 
  

   rocks, 
  gravelly 
  ground, 
  and 
  tree 
  trunks 
  to 
  relieve 
  itching. 
  The 
  large 
  

   size 
  and 
  quantity 
  of 
  tieks 
  attached 
  to 
  all 
  species 
  of 
  tapirs 
  is 
  notorious. 
  

   Similar 
  abrasions 
  of 
  the 
  rump 
  in 
  short 
  and 
  thinly 
  haired 
  species 
  

   hving 
  in 
  tropical 
  lowlands 
  where 
  rocks 
  are 
  rare 
  could 
  easily 
  escape 
  

   detection. 
  Goudot 
  (Compt. 
  Rend. 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Paris, 
  vol. 
  16, 
  p. 
  331, 
  

   1843) 
  reports 
  that 
  native 
  hunters 
  attribute 
  the 
  peculiarities 
  of 
  the 
  

   rump 
  to 
  the 
  animal's 
  proclivities 
  for 
  sliding 
  downhill 
  in, 
  presumably, 
  

   a 
  sitting 
  posture. 
  This 
  explanation 
  need 
  not 
  be 
  given 
  serious 
  con- 
  

   sideration. 
  No 
  bald 
  spot 
  or 
  abrasion 
  appeared 
  on 
  the 
  rump 
  of 
  the 
  

   3'-oung 
  adult 
  female 
  tapir 
  killed 
  by 
  Goudot 
  in 
  the 
  Colombian 
  Cordil- 
  

   lera 
  Central 
  and 
  none 
  was 
  present 
  on 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  T. 
  leucogenys 
  Gray. 
  

   On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  abrasions 
  mark 
  the 
  rumps 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   described 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  section, 
  and 
  were 
  present 
  in 
  two 
  live 
  

   woolly 
  tapii-s 
  that 
  arrived 
  at 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  (see 
  

   below). 
  Both 
  individuals 
  were 
  hand 
  raised 
  from 
  the 
  very 
  young, 
  

   spotted-and-striped 
  stage. 
  Neither 
  of 
  them 
  had 
  been 
  exposed 
  to 
  

   conditions 
  of 
  hfe 
  conducive 
  to 
  downhill 
  rump 
  sliding. 
  

  

  Color 
  of 
  upper 
  border 
  of 
  ear 
  is 
  variable. 
  The 
  female 
  from 
  Majuas, 
  

   Colombia, 
  described 
  above 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  males 
  observed 
  by 
  Roulin 
  

   lack 
  white 
  on 
  upper 
  borders 
  of 
  the 
  ears. 
  Ears 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  leucogenys 
  

   Gray 
  are 
  described 
  as 
  "with 
  scarcely 
  any 
  indication 
  of 
  white 
  edges." 
  

  

  