44') 



TAPIR TAPIR, 



Generic Character. 



Denies Primores in utraque 



maxilla deccm? 

 Laniarii* solitarii, incurvati. 



Molares utrinque quinquc, 



iatissimi. 

 Pedes ungulis tribus, anticis 



ungula succcnturiata. 



Front-teeth in both jaws ten? 



Canine-teeth in both jaws sin- 

 gle, incurvatcd. 



Grinders in both jaws five on 

 each side, very broad. 



Feet with three hoofs, and a 

 false hoof on the fore- feet. 



AMERICAN TAPIR. 



Tapir Americans. Urn. Sytt. Nat. Gmei. p. 2l6. 

 Brown Tapir, with lengthened snout. 



opotamus terrestris. //. pedibtu potticit trinlcu. Im. 

 Sytt. Nat. rilit. 10. p. 74. 



Danta. Nirrrmb. Hut. Nat. p. 187. Jonst. QuodSr. p. a id. 

 Anta. Marcgr. Brat. p. 339. 



Stu aquaticus niultUulciw. Rarr. Pr. Etpm. f. 160. 

 Long-noted Tapiir. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 163. 

 Le Tapir. Ku/. n.p. 444. pi. 43. and Swppl. 6. p. l.pL i. 



JL 1 1 K Tapir, \\ ith respect to the size of its body, 

 be considt i cd as tlu- largest of all the native 



In the Gmelinian edition of the Sytenia Natunr, the fcneric 

 characters of thi* animal are omcwhat differently given j the ca- 

 nine-teeth being said to be wanting i but I think we may depend 

 on the description of toe tth by MOM. Bijou, published in the 

 Memoirs of the French Academy. 



