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THE TAPIR OF THE ANDES. 



Tapirus pinchaque. ROULIN. 



PLATE XXIX. 

 Annales des Sciences Nat. 1829, p. 26, vol. i. 



IT had long been suspected by M. Roulin, from 

 the accounts of Oviedo and P. de Aqueda, that a 

 second species of Tapir existed in South America ; 

 and from being described to possess a long and 

 thick hair, that gentleman commenced his inquiries 

 and researches regarding it, among the higher 

 regions of the Andes. He was at last successful 

 in procuring the animal, and has communicated a . 

 sketch and description in the Annales des Sciences 

 Naturelles, which we have now used. 



The size of the adult is nearly similar to that of 

 the other animal, but there is a general difference 

 in the form and appearance of the two. The 

 trunk, or elongated snout, does not exhibit upon 

 the sides those wrinkles which shew that the 

 animal keeps it always contracted. On the chin 

 there is a white spot which is prolonged to the 

 angle of the mouth, and returns upon the upper 



