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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  los 
  

  

  tropical 
  forest 
  region 
  and 
  is 
  never 
  found 
  at 
  3,000 
  feet 
  or 
  more 
  above 
  

   sea 
  level. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  Tate 
  (supra 
  cit., 
  p. 
  223) 
  stated 
  that 
  on 
  

   "Mt. 
  Auyan-tepui 
  [Venezuela] 
  tapir 
  tracks 
  were 
  abundant 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  

   3,500 
  feet." 
  Tate 
  added 
  that 
  "on 
  the 
  eastern 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Andes 
  

   near 
  the 
  Pastaza 
  River 
  I 
  found 
  tracks 
  of 
  tapir 
  above 
  7,000 
  feet." 
  

   It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  last 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  mountain 
  tapir 
  of 
  Ecuador, 
  

   T. 
  pinchaqv£. 
  It 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  shown 
  (p. 
  478) 
  that 
  the 
  

   common 
  tapir 
  recorded 
  from 
  "Talamanca, 
  Costa 
  Rica," 
  by 
  authors, 
  

   is 
  probably 
  South 
  American, 
  possibly 
  Brazihan, 
  in 
  origin. 
  

  

  Characters. 
  — 
  Those 
  of 
  the 
  subgenus; 
  general 
  external 
  characters 
  

   given 
  under 
  the 
  generic 
  heading. 
  Skin 
  of 
  adult 
  female 
  from 
  Surinam 
  

   (USNM) 
  blackish 
  brown 
  on 
  back 
  and 
  sides, 
  dark 
  brown 
  on 
  chest, 
  

   belly, 
  and 
  limbs; 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  ears 
  blackish 
  brown 
  

   except 
  for 
  white 
  edging; 
  cheeks 
  grizzled 
  brown 
  and 
  gray, 
  throat 
  with 
  

   more 
  gray, 
  neck 
  brown, 
  chin 
  blackish 
  brown; 
  mane 
  from 
  front 
  of 
  ears 
  

   to 
  withers 
  black. 
  Specimen 
  from 
  Rio 
  Yuruari, 
  Venezuela, 
  figured 
  by 
  

   Sclater 
  as 
  " 
  Tapirus 
  dowii 
  (?)", 
  similarly 
  colored 
  but 
  jaws 
  strikingly 
  

   white. 
  Two 
  skins 
  of 
  menagerie 
  individuals 
  (CNHM, 
  received 
  from 
  

   Chicago 
  Zoological 
  Society) 
  also 
  Uke 
  Surinam 
  specimens, 
  one 
  practi- 
  

   cally 
  indistinguishable, 
  the 
  other 
  with 
  less 
  black 
  on 
  sides 
  and 
  hmbs. 
  

   Untanned 
  skin 
  from 
  Buena 
  Vista, 
  Santa 
  Cruz, 
  Bolivia 
  (CNHM, 
  

   collected 
  by 
  Jos6 
  Steinbach), 
  considerably 
  paler, 
  dorsal 
  sm-face 
  from 
  

   Cinnamon-Brown 
  to 
  Tawny, 
  sides 
  paler, 
  mixed 
  with 
  gray, 
  mane 
  black- 
  

   ish 
  brown, 
  hmbs 
  hke 
  back 
  but 
  becoming 
  Front's 
  Brown 
  on 
  posterior 
  

   surface. 
  Skin 
  of 
  adult 
  male 
  (USNM) 
  that 
  died 
  at 
  32 
  years 
  of 
  age 
  

   after 
  hving 
  27 
  years 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park, 
  Washington, 
  is 
  

   extremely 
  pale; 
  back 
  Cinnamon-Brown 
  mixed 
  with 
  gray, 
  sides 
  more 
  

   grizzled, 
  underparts 
  dominantly 
  gray 
  to 
  dirty 
  white, 
  mane 
  Prout's 
  

   Brown, 
  hoofs 
  unpigmented. 
  A 
  portion 
  of 
  hide 
  from 
  posteriormost 
  

   end 
  of 
  body 
  of 
  another 
  specimen 
  (USNM) 
  from 
  same 
  zoological 
  park 
  

   is 
  nearly 
  uniformly 
  Ochraceous-Tawny 
  on 
  dorsal 
  surface, 
  sides 
  

   grizzled, 
  underparts 
  tending 
  to 
  become 
  dominantly 
  gray; 
  pelage 
  of 
  

   both 
  menagerie 
  specimens 
  considerably 
  thicker 
  and 
  longer 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  

   wild, 
  hving 
  T. 
  terrestris. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  — 
  Of 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  and 
  a 
  female, 
  respectively, 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  in 
  Porto 
  Campo, 
  Rio 
  Sepotuba, 
  Mato 
  Grosso, 
  Brazil, 
  by 
  Leo 
  E. 
  

   Miller 
  (ex 
  Allen, 
  Bull. 
  Amer. 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  35, 
  p. 
  566, 
  1916): 
  

   In 
  millimeters, 
  total 
  length, 
  2,070, 
  2,000; 
  tail, 
  60, 
  100; 
  "hind 
  foot" 
  

   (digits 
  only), 
  140, 
  140; 
  ear, 
  120, 
  120. 
  Of 
  type 
  of 
  spegazzinii, 
  collec- 
  

   tor's 
  measurements 
  cited 
  by 
  Ameghino 
  (supra 
  cit.): 
  Height, 
  80 
  cm.; 
  

   weight, 
  approximately, 
  250 
  kilos. 
  Of 
  type 
  of 
  anulipes, 
  living 
  animal 
  

   measured 
  by 
  Hermann 
  (supra 
  cit.): 
  Total 
  length, 
  210 
  cm.; 
  height 
  at 
  

   shoulder, 
  77 
  cm.; 
  height 
  at 
  rump, 
  83 
  cm. 
  Of 
  an 
  adult 
  from 
  Peru, 
  

   measurements 
  from 
  Tschudi 
  (supra 
  cit.): 
  Head 
  and 
  body, 
  6 
  ft., 
  7 
  in. 
  

  

  