242 OR DWARF OX. 



of its body, and belongs to a very different fpe- 

 cies. This American dant is the tapir or the mai- 

 pouri ; and, to prevent the African dant, which 

 is our zebu, from being confounded with the 

 tapir, we fhall give the hiftory of the latter in the 

 fubiequent article. 



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