142 MAMMALIA. PACHYDERMA. 



L. tapiroides, Cuv. Size of the ox. Found in the fresh water 

 formations. 



L. Buchsowillanum, Cuv. Size of the hog. Found near Buchsweil- 

 ler on the Lower Rhine. 



L. tapir other ium, Cuv. Size of the tapir. France. 



L. Aurelianense, Cuv. Size of the hog. France, near Orleans. 



L. occitanicum, Cuv. Size of the sheep : Found fossil at Issel. 



Gen 134. TAPIRUS, Cuv. Geoff. Hippopotamus, Lin. 



Incisors f, canines \-\, molars ^-| 44. Intermediate in- 

 cisors shorter than the exterior ; nose terminating in a little 

 moveable proboscis, but not by a kind of finger like the ele- 

 phant ; eyes small ; ears long and moveable ; fore-feet with 

 four toes, the hind ones with three, with short round hoofs ; 

 tail very short ; two inguinal mammae. 



T. Americanus, Desm. (Hippopotamus terrestris, Lin.) The Tapir. 

 Fur brown or fawn-coloured ; a little mane on the neck of the 

 male. Nearly six feet long. S. America Shaw, ii. pi. 220. 

 The tapir sleeps during the day in the most sequestered places, and goes forth at 

 night in search of water melons, gourds, and pasture. If taken young it may be al- 

 most immediately tamed, and, like the hog, will feed on any thing. 



T. Malay anus, Raffles, (T. Indicus, Desm.) Fur black or dirty 

 brown, with a large white patch on the posterior part. Griff. An. 

 King. iii. 434. 



T. giganteus, Cuv. (fossil.) Size equal to that of the largest ele- 

 phants. Found in France, in alluvial soil Oss. Foss. 2d edit. 



FAMILY III. SOLIDUNGULA. 



Three kinds of teeth ; only one apparent toe, and one hoof on 

 each foot. 



Gen. 135. EQTJUS, Lin. Cuv. Geoff. &c. 



Incisors f , canines -i, or g-g in the females of some species, 

 molars f-f =. 40. Molars furrowed on each side, with flat 

 crowns, and several ridges of enamel ; a void space between 

 tbe canines and molars ; upper lip capable of considerable 

 motion ; eyes large ; ears rather large, pointed erect, and 

 moveable; feet terminating in a solid hoof ; tail with long 

 hair, or a tuft at its extremity ; two inguinal mammae. 



E. Caballus, Lin. The Horse. Tail long, covered with long hair 

 throughout its whole length ; ears of medium size ; long mane. 

 The horse is not known in its pristine state. Of those which have returned to 



the wild state, such as the numerous herds of South America, the appearance is not 



prepossessing, according to the ideas which have been formed of the symmetry of 



the domestic varieties. 



The different races of the horse are numerous, most of the principal countries in 



