﻿MAMMALS 
  OF 
  NORTHERN 
  COLOMBIA 
  — 
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  (German 
  system); 
  tail, 
  3 
  in., 
  3 
  lines; 
  height 
  at 
  withers, 
  3 
  ft., 
  6 
  in. 
  

   Of 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  from 
  Paraguay 
  (ex 
  Azara, 
  Essais 
  sur 
  THistoire 
  

   Naturelle 
  des 
  QuadrupSdes 
  de 
  la 
  Province 
  du 
  Paraguay 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  French 
  

   ed., 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  5, 
  1801): 
  Head 
  and 
  body, 
  2,000 
  mm.; 
  tail, 
  100 
  mm.; 
  

   height 
  at 
  shoulder, 
  1,100 
  mm., 
  at 
  rump, 
  1,130 
  mm.; 
  circumference 
  of 
  

   chest, 
  1,215 
  mm.; 
  ear, 
  from 
  crown, 
  80 
  mm. 
  

  

  Remarks.- 
  — 
  All 
  evidence 
  points 
  to 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  but 
  one 
  species 
  

   of 
  tapir 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Andes 
  in 
  South 
  America. 
  That 
  there 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  

   one 
  subspecies 
  within 
  the 
  range 
  assigned 
  to 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  is 
  likel}^ 
  

   but 
  cannot 
  be 
  satisfactorily 
  demonstrated 
  without 
  comparisons 
  with 
  

   the 
  Linnaean 
  terrestris 
  from 
  Pernambuco. 
  Earlier 
  characterizations 
  

   based 
  on 
  single 
  skulls 
  only 
  (laurillardi, 
  spegazzinii, 
  guianae, 
  mexianae) 
  

   define 
  nothing 
  more 
  than 
  individual 
  variation. 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  

   species 
  based 
  on 
  skins 
  of 
  striped 
  juvenals 
  {aenigmaticus, 
  ecuadorensis, 
  

   peruvianus) 
  and 
  young 
  adults 
  with 
  persistent 
  juvenal 
  striping 
  

   (anulipes) 
  are 
  trivial. 
  Except 
  for 
  the 
  Guianan 
  rufus, 
  the 
  remaining 
  

   names 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  synonymy 
  of 
  terrestris 
  are 
  founded 
  on 
  biblio- 
  

   graphic 
  references 
  or 
  simply 
  distaste 
  for 
  the 
  original 
  Linnaean 
  

   designation. 
  

  

  Color 
  and, 
  possibly, 
  size 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  only 
  vaUd 
  characters 
  for 
  

   distinguishing 
  subspecies 
  of 
  tapirs. 
  Unfortunately, 
  external 
  charac- 
  

   ters 
  of 
  typical 
  representatives 
  of 
  terrestris 
  are 
  unknown. 
  With 
  their 
  

   type 
  localities 
  now 
  restricted, 
  anta 
  Zimmermann, 
  sabatyra 
  Liais, 
  and 
  

   laurillardi 
  Gray 
  become 
  absolute 
  synonyms 
  of 
  terrestris. 
  The 
  Rio 
  

   Sao 
  Francisco 
  brasUiensis 
  Liais 
  is 
  almost 
  certainly 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  

   Pernambuco 
  form. 
  Tapirs 
  of 
  the 
  Guianas 
  are 
  extremely 
  dark, 
  

   blackish 
  brown 
  in 
  general 
  appearance, 
  and 
  probably 
  distinctly 
  darker 
  

   than 
  typical 
  terrestris. 
  The 
  earliest 
  available 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  Guianan 
  

   tapir 
  is 
  tapir 
  Erxleben 
  (synonyms: 
  suillus 
  Blumenbach, 
  americanus 
  

   Gmelin, 
  rufus 
  Fischer, 
  maypuri 
  Roulin, 
  guianae 
  Allen). 
  It 
  is 
  ex- 
  

   tremely 
  doubtful 
  if 
  mexianae 
  Hagmann, 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Rio 
  

   Amazonas, 
  is 
  recognizable. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  referable 
  to 
  either 
  the 
  Guianan 
  

   or 
  typical 
  form 
  or 
  it 
  may 
  represent 
  an 
  intergrading 
  population 
  not 
  

   certainly 
  separable 
  from 
  either 
  of 
  its 
  nearest 
  allies. 
  In 
  any 
  case, 
  the 
  

   earher 
  named 
  aenigmaticus 
  Gray 
  {ecuadorensis 
  Gray) 
  from 
  Macas 
  

   and 
  peruvianus 
  Gray 
  from 
  the 
  Rio 
  Huallaga 
  must 
  be 
  given 
  prior 
  

   consideration 
  if 
  an 
  Amazonian 
  race 
  is 
  recognized. 
  The 
  tapir 
  of 
  Mato 
  

   Grosso, 
  Brazil, 
  is 
  extremely 
  pale 
  grayish 
  brown 
  in 
  general 
  appearance. 
  

   Three 
  adults 
  collected 
  by 
  Colin 
  C. 
  Sanborn 
  and 
  mounted 
  in 
  a 
  habitat 
  

   group 
  in 
  the 
  Chicago 
  Natm-al 
  History 
  Museum 
  agree 
  with 
  the 
  pub- 
  

   hshed 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  living 
  type 
  of 
  anulipes 
  from 
  Cuyabi, 
  Mato 
  

   Grosso. 
  The^ 
  specimen 
  from 
  Buena 
  Vista, 
  Santa 
  Cruz, 
  Bolivia, 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  above,|is 
  similarl}'- 
  pale. 
  This 
  pale 
  austral 
  tapir 
  is 
  certainly 
  

   distinguishable 
  from 
  the 
  saturate 
  Guianan 
  form 
  but 
  comparison 
  with 
  

  

  