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ZOOLOGY 



SECT. 



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

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



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Fio. 111;). - Aiiient-au Tapir (Tdpirus terresliix). (l-'ruiu the Cambridye Natural Histori/.) 



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

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

 vestigial. 



Fic. 1120.— Indian Rhinoceros {Rhinoceros indicus). (From the Cambridtje Natural Histori/.) 



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

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



