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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol 
  103 
  

  

  the 
  typical 
  Pemambuco 
  tapir 
  is 
  required. 
  The 
  name 
  spegazzinii 
  

   Ameghino 
  (anulipes 
  Hermann, 
  a 
  synonym) 
  is 
  available, 
  should 
  recog- 
  

   nition 
  be 
  indicated. 
  Fioally, 
  the 
  tapir 
  of 
  the 
  Maracaibo 
  basin, 
  

   western 
  Venezuela, 
  may 
  be 
  referable 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  Colombian 
  race 
  

   but 
  it 
  is 
  known 
  from 
  skulls 
  only 
  and 
  is 
  here 
  provisionally 
  assigned 
  to 
  

   the 
  "catch-all" 
  terrestris 
  Linnaeus. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined. 
  — 
  Forty-nine. 
  Brazil: 
  Pard, 
  4 
  (CNHM) 
  ; 
  Rio 
  

   Grande 
  do 
  Sul, 
  4 
  (USNM);Mato 
  Grosso, 
  1 
  (USNM);Descalvados,Mato 
  

   Grosso, 
  4 
  (CNHM); 
  50 
  miles 
  northwest 
  of 
  Aliranda, 
  Mato 
  Grosso, 
  

   1 
  (CNHM); 
  Salto 
  do 
  Hua, 
  Rio 
  Maturaca, 
  at 
  Venezuelan 
  boundary, 
  

   Amazonas, 
  1 
  (USNM) 
  ; 
  Serra 
  da 
  Lua, 
  Amazonas, 
  1 
  (CNHM); 
  "Branch 
  

   of 
  Amazon," 
  1 
  (USNM); 
  Surinam: 
  Moengo, 
  1 
  (USNM) 
  ; 
  Paramaribo, 
  

   1 
  (USNM); 
  no 
  precise 
  locahty, 
  2 
  (USNM). 
  Venezuela: 
  Empalado 
  

   Savanas, 
  Zuha, 
  1 
  (CNHM); 
  Sierra 
  de 
  Perijd, 
  Zuha, 
  1 
  (CNHM). 
  

   Bolivia: 
  near 
  Brazilian 
  boundary, 
  west 
  of 
  Sao 
  Luiz 
  de 
  Caceres, 
  1 
  

   (USNM); 
  Buena 
  Vista, 
  Santa 
  Cruz, 
  1 
  (CNHM). 
  PeriJ: 
  Tingo 
  

   Maria, 
  Huanuco, 
  1 
  (CNHM); 
  Pozuzo, 
  Huanuco, 
  10 
  (CNHM); 
  

   Yarinacocha, 
  Loreto, 
  1 
  (CNHM). 
  "Costa 
  Rica": 
  1 
  (USNM, 
  a 
  skuU 
  

   only, 
  probably 
  from 
  Brazil). 
  South 
  America: 
  11 
  (USNM, 
  9; 
  

   CNHM, 
  2). 
  

  

  Tapirus 
  terrestris 
  colombianus, 
  new 
  subspecies 
  

  

  ("danta 
  colombiana") 
  

  

  Tapir 
  [sp.] 
  Roulin, 
  Ann. 
  Sci. 
  Nat., 
  Paris, 
  ser. 
  2 
  (Zool.), 
  vol. 
  18, 
  p. 
  35, 
  1829 
  (dis- 
  

   tribution 
  of 
  T. 
  terrestris 
  in 
  Colombia: 
  Lower 
  Magdalena 
  and 
  Cauca 
  valleys; 
  

   common 
  at 
  Murind6, 
  right 
  bank 
  of 
  Rfo 
  Atrato; 
  in 
  Colombian 
  Dari^n 
  but 
  

   never 
  seen 
  on 
  Panamanian 
  side) 
  . 
  

  

  Tapirus 
  terrestris, 
  Bangs, 
  Proc. 
  New 
  England 
  Zool. 
  Club, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  90, 
  1900 
  (adult 
  

   female, 
  skin 
  and 
  skull 
  from 
  DibuUa, 
  coastal 
  plain 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  

   de 
  Santa 
  Marta). 
  — 
  Allen, 
  Bull. 
  Amer. 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  20, 
  p. 
  430, 
  1904 
  

   (two 
  adults 
  with 
  skeletons, 
  one 
  spotted 
  immature, 
  from 
  Cacagualito, 
  Sierra 
  

   Nevada 
  de 
  Santa 
  Marta, 
  20 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Santa 
  Marta, 
  altitude, 
  1,500 
  ft.). 
  — 
  

   Goodwin, 
  Bull. 
  Amer. 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  87, 
  p. 
  451, 
  1946 
  (Naranjo, 
  Santa 
  

   Marta 
  region, 
  Colombia) 
  . 
  

  

  T\apirus] 
  terrestris, 
  G. 
  M, 
  Allen, 
  Extinct 
  and 
  vanishing 
  mammals 
  of 
  the 
  Western 
  

   Hemisphere, 
  p. 
  405, 
  1942 
  (part; 
  DibuUa, 
  northern 
  Colombia.). 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Young 
  adult 
  male, 
  skin 
  and 
  skull, 
  USNM 
  281389; 
  

   collected 
  July 
  15, 
  1942, 
  by 
  Philip 
  Hershkovitz; 
  original 
  number, 
  438. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  El 
  Salado, 
  eastern 
  slope 
  of 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  de 
  Santa 
  

   Marta, 
  on 
  road 
  between 
  Valencia 
  and 
  Pueblo 
  BeUo, 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Magdalena, 
  Colombia; 
  altitude, 
  430 
  meters. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Tropical 
  Zone 
  of 
  northern 
  Colombia, 
  in 
  the 
  Depart- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  Magdalena, 
  AtMntico 
  (?), 
  Bolivar, 
  C6rdoba, 
  and 
  north- 
  

   western 
  Antioquia; 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  