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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  103 
  

  

  Campeachy; 
  with 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  Coasts, 
  Product, 
  Inhabitants, 
  

   Logwood-Cutting, 
  Trade, 
  Etc. 
  of 
  Yucatan, 
  Campeachy, 
  New 
  Spain, 
  

   Etc.," 
  page 
  102, 
  which 
  was 
  first 
  published 
  in 
  1698. 
  

  

  The 
  common 
  name 
  "danta" 
  for 
  the 
  tapir 
  is 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  the 
  

   Spanish 
  word 
  for 
  elk, 
  "alee" 
  or 
  "anta." 
  Early 
  Spaniards 
  in 
  America 
  

   gave 
  peninsular 
  names 
  to 
  all 
  animals 
  that 
  resembled, 
  whether 
  in 
  fact 
  

   or 
  fancy, 
  those 
  they 
  had 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  Old 
  World. 
  The 
  now 
  univer- 
  

   sally 
  accepted 
  term 
  "tapir" 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  word 
  in 
  the 
  Brazilian 
  

   Tupi 
  language. 
  

  

  Explanation 
  of 
  map, 
  figure 
  62 
  

  

  # 
  = 
  Tapirus 
  bairdii 
  Gill 
  

  

  Locality 
  records 
  of 
  authentically 
  identified 
  specimens 
  from 
  South 
  America, 
  Panama, 
  and 
  

   Costa 
  Rica. 
  Range 
  of 
  species 
  extends 
  northward 
  into 
  Mexico. 
  

   Costa 
  Rica 
  

  

  1. 
  Pacuare, 
  Limon. 
  

  

  2. 
  Talamanca, 
  Limon. 
  

  

  3. 
  Carillo 
  (=Carrillo), 
  San 
  Jose. 
  

   Panama 
  

  

  4. 
  Volcan 
  de 
  Chiriqui, 
  Chiriquu 
  

  

  5. 
  Canal 
  Zone 
  (type 
  locality). 
  

  

  6. 
  Mt. 
  Pirri 
  and 
  Cana, 
  Panama. 
  

   Colombia 
  

  

  7. 
  Unguia, 
  Choco 
  (sight 
  record, 
  by 
  author), 
  

  

  8. 
  Upper 
  Rio 
  Sinu, 
  Cordoba. 
  

   Ecuador 
  

  

  9. 
  North 
  of 
  Guayaquil 
  (exact 
  locality 
  unknown)- 
  

   (^=^ 
  Tapirus 
  terrestris 
  colombianus, 
  new 
  subspecies. 
  

  

  Colombia 
  

  

  \. 
  Dibulla, 
  Magdalena. 
  

  

  2. 
  Cacagualito, 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  de 
  Santa 
  Marta, 
  Magdalena. 
  

  

  3. 
  El 
  Salado, 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  de 
  Santa 
  Marta, 
  Magdalena 
  (type 
  locality). 
  

  

  4. 
  El 
  Orinoco, 
  Rio 
  Cesar, 
  and 
  Rio 
  Guaimaral, 
  Magdalena. 
  

  

  5. 
  Socorre, 
  upper 
  Rio 
  Sinu, 
  Cordoba. 
  

  

  6. 
  Murindo, 
  Choco. 
  Recorded 
  by 
  Roulin 
  as 
  T. 
  terrestris 
  but 
  identification 
  

  

  questionable. 
  

   ^ 
  = 
  Tapirus 
  pinchaque 
  Roulin. 
  

   Colombia 
  

  

  1. 
  Santander 
  (Department), 
  Cordillera 
  Oriental, 
  at 
  Venezuelan 
  boundary. 
  

  

  2. 
  Las 
  Juntas, 
  upper 
  Rio 
  Combeima, 
  southern 
  foot 
  of 
  Mt. 
  Tclima, 
  Cordillera 
  

  

  Central, 
  Caldas. 
  

  

  3. 
  Paramo 
  de 
  Sumapaz, 
  Cordillera 
  Oriental, 
  Cundinamarca 
  (type 
  locality). 
  

  

  4. 
  Volcan 
  de 
  Purace, 
  Cordillera 
  Central, 
  Cauca. 
  

  

  5. 
  Rio 
  Majuas, 
  upper 
  Rio 
  Magdalena, 
  Cordillera 
  Central, 
  Huila. 
  

   Ecuador 
  

  

  6. 
  Borja, 
  about 
  60 
  kilometers 
  east 
  of 
  Quito, 
  Cordillera 
  Oriental 
  Napo-Pastaza. 
  

  

  7. 
  Papallacta, 
  Cordillera 
  Oriental, 
  Pichincha. 
  

  

  8. 
  Cordillera 
  de 
  los 
  Llanganates, 
  Cordillera 
  Oriental, 
  Tungurahua. 
  

  

  9. 
  Paramo 
  de 
  Azuay, 
  Cordillera 
  Oriental, 
  Azuay. 
  

  

  