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  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  los 
  

  

  tail, 
  46, 
  83; 
  hind 
  foot, 
  333, 
  350; 
  ear, 
  137, 
  125; 
  greatest 
  length 
  of 
  

   skull 
  (from 
  gnathion 
  to 
  nuchal 
  crest), 
  370 
  (m'* 
  functional), 
  385 
  (m^ 
  

   functional), 
  zygomatic 
  breadth, 
  175, 
  175. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Distinction 
  of 
  colomhianus 
  from 
  trans-Andean 
  Urrestris 
  

   is 
  based 
  on 
  comparisons 
  with 
  the 
  blackish-brown 
  representatives 
  of 
  

   the 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  Guianas 
  (= 
  Tapirus 
  terrestris 
  tapir 
  ?Erxleben), 
  

   The 
  skin 
  of 
  the 
  adult 
  male 
  paratype 
  of 
  colomhianus 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  

   preserved 
  and 
  was 
  discarded. 
  Its 
  color 
  was 
  quite 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   type. 
  The 
  specimen 
  recorded 
  by 
  Bangs 
  (supra 
  cit.) 
  was 
  collected 
  

   by 
  W. 
  W. 
  Brown, 
  Jr., 
  in 
  Dibulla, 
  a 
  humid 
  tropical 
  locality 
  on 
  the 
  

   northern 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  de 
  Santa 
  Marta. 
  It 
  was 
  examined 
  

   by 
  Miss 
  Barbara 
  Lawrence 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Comparative 
  Zoology, 
  

   Harvard, 
  and 
  found 
  to 
  agree 
  with 
  the 
  above 
  description 
  of 
  colomhi- 
  

   anus 
  except 
  for 
  its 
  slightly 
  paler 
  back, 
  chest, 
  and 
  beUy, 
  more 
  buffy 
  

   cheeks, 
  sides 
  of 
  lower 
  jaws, 
  and 
  throat; 
  greatest 
  length 
  of 
  skull 
  

   (M^ 
  functional), 
  385 
  mm. 
  

  

  Herbert 
  H. 
  Smith 
  {in 
  Allen, 
  Bull. 
  Amer. 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  20, 
  

   p. 
  431, 
  1904) 
  reported 
  that 
  "all 
  the 
  hunters 
  near 
  Santa 
  Marta 
  aver 
  

   that 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  tapir, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  mountain 
  forest, 
  which, 
  in 
  general 
  

   color, 
  resembles 
  T. 
  americanus, 
  but 
  has 
  a 
  broad 
  white 
  mark 
  over 
  the 
  

   shoulder." 
  Smith 
  concluded 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  represent 
  an 
  "undescribed 
  

   tapir, 
  which 
  differs 
  in 
  color 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  known 
  American 
  species, 
  

   and 
  resembles 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Malay 
  Islands," 
  The 
  tapir 
  in 
  question, 
  

   if 
  not 
  a 
  myth, 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  pied 
  individual 
  of 
  colomhianus. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined. 
  — 
  Seven. 
  Colombia 
  : 
  El 
  Salado, 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  

   de 
  Santa 
  Marta, 
  Magdalena, 
  2 
  (USNM) 
  ; 
  El 
  Orinoco, 
  Rio 
  Cesar, 
  Mag- 
  

   dalena, 
  2 
  (USNM) 
  ; 
  Rio 
  Guaimaral, 
  Rio 
  Cesar, 
  Magdalena, 
  1 
  (USNM) 
  ; 
  

   "Rio 
  Magdalena," 
  1 
  (USNM); 
  Socorr6, 
  upper 
  Rio 
  Sinii, 
  C6rdoba, 
  

   1 
  (CNHM). 
  

  

  Subgenus 
  TapireUa 
  Palmer 
  

  

  Elasmognathus 
  Gill, 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philadelphia, 
  vol. 
  17, 
  p. 
  183, 
  1865 
  

   (genotype 
  by 
  monotypy, 
  Elasmognathus 
  bairdii 
  Gill). 
  

  

  TapireUa 
  Palmer, 
  Science, 
  new 
  ser., 
  vol. 
  17, 
  p. 
  873, 
  1903 
  (new 
  name 
  for 
  Elasmog- 
  

   nathus 
  Gill, 
  preoccupied 
  by 
  Elasmognathus 
  Fieber, 
  1844, 
  a 
  genus 
  of 
  Hemip- 
  

   tera) 
  . 
  

  

  Included 
  species. 
  — 
  Tapirus 
  hairdii. 
  

  

  Distrihution. 
  — 
  From 
  Mexico, 
  in 
  Veracruz 
  and 
  the 
  Istmo 
  de 
  Tehuan- 
  

   tepec, 
  east 
  into 
  Campeche 
  and 
  British 
  Honduras, 
  south 
  through 
  

   Guatemala 
  into 
  Panamd, 
  Colombia 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Rio 
  Cauca, 
  and 
  Ecua- 
  

   dor 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Andes 
  (see 
  map, 
  fig. 
  61). 
  

  

  Characters. 
  — 
  Head 
  flattened 
  dorsally, 
  a 
  low 
  mane, 
  not 
  always 
  well 
  

   defined, 
  extending 
  from 
  front 
  of 
  ears 
  to 
  withers; 
  proboscis 
  longer 
  and 
  

   bulkier 
  than 
  in 
  other 
  American 
  species; 
  pelage 
  of 
  lowland 
  populations 
  

   thin 
  and 
  not 
  completely 
  hiding 
  skin, 
  in 
  highland 
  populations 
  longer, 
  

  

  