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MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS, [May 7, 



The following visceral characters appear to distinguish the Ameri- 

 can from the Indian Tapir : — 



(1) Absence of well-marked valvulse conniventes, or at any rate 

 their less development (Owen). 



(2) Presence of a moderator band in the heart. 



(3) Shape of glaiis penis. 



(4) A more elongated caecum sacculated by four bands. 



Brain, 



The accompanying drawings (woodcuts figs. 2, .3) illustrate the 

 principal characteristics of the cerebral hemispheres and of the cere- 

 bellum. The brain of Tapirus terrestris has been already figured 

 by Eudes-Deslongchamps (3), Mayer (11), and Dareste (12) ; the 



Fi.o;. 2. 



Upper surface of Brain of Tapirus terrestris. 



second figure, that of Mayer, is also copied in Krueg's work upon 

 the cerebral convolution of Ungulates (5). I believe, however, tliat 

 my figures, which were carefully drawn by Mr. Smit from the pre- 



