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ZOOLOGY 



The Tapirs (Fig. 1119) have the body more massive than the 

 Horses, and the limbs, especially the distal segments, shorter and 



FIG. 11 19. -American Tapir (Tapirus terrestris). (From the Cambridge Natural History.) 



stouter. The nasal region is produced into a short proboscis. 

 The surface is beset with a scanty covering of hairs. The tail is 

 vestigial. 



FIG. 1120. Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros indicus). (From the Cambridge Natural History.) 



In the Rhinoceroses (Fig. 1120) the body is extremely massive, 

 the limbs short and stout, each digit provided with a hoof-like 





