TAPIRID.-K 45 



IV. TAPIRUS (TAPIEELLA) -BAIRDI. 



Klasmognathus bairdii, Gill, Proc. Ac. Sci. Philad. 1865, p. 188, 



Amer. J. Sci. vol. xliii, p. 370, 1865; Verrill, Amer. J. Sci. 



vol. xliv, p. 126, 1866 ; Dow, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 241 ; 



Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 885, pi. xlii, Cat. Carnivora, etc. 



Brit. Mus. p. 261, 1863, Hand-List Thick-skinned Mamm. Brit. 



MILS. p. 35, 1873 ; Alston, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 666, Biol. 



Centr.-Amer., Mamin. p. 101, pi. viii, figs. 1 and 2, 1882 ; Hatcher, 



Amer. J. Sci. 1896, vol. 1, p. 175, pis. iv and v. 

 Tapirus bairdi, Flower, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 240, The Horse, 



p. 46, 1891; Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 626, pi. i, 1874, 



p. 89; Alston, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Mamm. p. 101, pi. viii, figs. 1 



and 2, 1882 ; Flower and Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mus. R. Coll. 



Surg. pt. ii, p. 385, 1884 ; Flower and LydekJcer, Study of 



Mammals, p. 371, 1891 ; Lydekker, Great and Small Game of 



Europe, etc. p. 390, 1901 ; Beddard, Cambridge Nat. Hist., 



Mamm. p. 251, 1902. 



Tapirus americanus, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 51, nee Cuvier. 

 Tapirus (Elasmognathus) bairdi, J. C. Merriam, Univ. Calif. Bull. 



Dep. Geol vol. vii, p. 175, 1913. 

 Tapirella bairdi, Palmer, Science, ser. 2, vol. xvii, p. 873, 1903; 



Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. (Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. iv) p. 87, 



1904. 



BAIRD'S TAPIR. 



Type of Elasmognatlms and Tapirella. 



Typical locality, Panama : the range extends northwards 

 to southern Mexico. 



6*7. 8. 31. 1. (1500, 1). Immature, mounted, and skull. 

 Veragua ; collected by 0. Salvin, Esq. Purchased, 1867. 



68. 3. 21. 22 (1500, c). Young skin, and skeleton. Same 

 locality and collector. Purchased, 1868. 



71. 10. 20. 6 (1500, d). Young, mounted, and skeleton. 

 Nicaragua. Purchased (Zoological Society), 1871. 



75. 2. 26. 16. Foetus in spirit. Coban, Guatemala; 

 collected by O. Salvin, Esq. Purchased, 1875. 



79. 9. 17. 1 (1500, /). Skull. Costa Eica. 



Purchased, 1879. 



79. 9. 17. 2 (1500, A). Skeleton, female. Pacuar, 

 Atlantic coast of Costa Eica ; collected by J. J. Cooper. 



Purchased, 1879. 



86. 11. 12. 1 (1500, g). Skull. British Honduras. 



Presented ~by Dr. von Twyl, 1886. 



