42 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



TAPIR ; BRAZILIAN TAPIR. 



Type of genus. 



Typical locality Brazil or Paraguay. 



A. Tapirus terrestris terrestris. 



Typical locality Brazil or Paraguay. 



General characters those of the species. 



38, a. Skin, immature, mounted. Locality unknown. 



The reference of this and other specimens, of which the 



place of origin is unknown, to the present race, is provisional. 



Presented by the Royal College of Surgeons. 



709, h. Skeleton, young. Locality unknown. 



No history. 



42. 4. 10. 1 (38, b). Skin, young, mounted. Locality 

 unknown. Purchased (Tucker), 1842. 



42. 6. 20. 1 (709, c). Skull. Kio de Janeiro, Brazil. 



Presented by J. Miers, Esq., 1842. 



43. 2. 1. 57 (709, b). Skull, Berbice, British Guiana. 



Purchased (Scrivener), 1843. 

 47. 4. 6. 1 (709, d). Skeleton. Brazil. 



Purchased (Becker), 1847. 



55. 12. 26. 151 (709, e). Skull, immature. Demerara; 

 collected by Sir \\. Schomburgk. 



Purchased (Zoological Society), 1855. 



55. 12. 26. 152 (709,/). Skull, young. Locality 

 unknown. Piirchased (Zoological Society), 1855. 



56. 1. 12. 5 (38,/). Skin, young, mounted. Locality 

 unknown. Figured by Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, pi. xvii, 

 fig. 3. Purchased (Stevens), 1856. 



72. 6. 4. 1 (709, m). Skull. Surinam; collected by 

 Mr. E. Bartlett, Purchased, 1872. 



82. 9. 30. 21 (709,^). Skull. Taquara, Bio Grande do 

 Sul, Brazil ; collected by Dr. H. von Ihering. 



Purchased, 1882. 



82. 9. 30. 22-23 (709, ? and r). Two skulls, female. 



Same locality and collector. Same history. 



84. 2. 8. 15 (709, s). Skull. Same locality and collector. 



Purchased, 1884. 



