TAPIRUS MALAY AN US. 



Ord. VI""-" Pachydermes, Cuvier. 2^' Famille. Pachydermes ordinaires, 



2''-° Division. 

 Ord. VI. Bellujs, Linn. Syst. 

 Ord. V. MuLTUNGULA, Illiger. Fam. 20, Nasuta. 



TAPIRUS, Cm. Briss. Schreh. Fischer, Illiger, ^c. 

 Hydrochoerus Erxleh. 



Char. Gen. Dentium formula : Primores -g-, Laniarii — , Molares f^. Primores 

 inclusi, utrinque 6, contigui, subobliqui, supra quatuor intermedii incisorii, 

 lateralis utrinque major, laniarium mentiens, infra quatuor intermedii superior- 

 ibus sequales, lateralis utrinque minor. Laniarii inclusi, supra a primoribus 

 remoti, minimi ; infra illis contigui, mediocres, primoribus superioribus exteri- 

 oribus longitudine sequales. Molares supra utrinsecus 7 infra 6, complicati, 

 coronide coUinis rectiliniis duobus traiisversis. 



Rostrum acutum. Nasus elongatus mobilis. Auriculae oblongas. 



Corpus pilis appressis rariuscuUs tectum. Cauda brevissima. Mammae 



Pedes antici tetradactyli digito externo breviore et minore, postici tridactyli. Ungues: 

 ungulee omnes insistentes anticse. 



Tapirus ejubatus niger, tergo lateribus abdominis uropygio auriumque apicibus albis. 

 Tapirus Malayanus, Sir T. S. Baffles's Cat. of a Zool. Coll. made in Sumatra. Trans. 



Linn. Sac. XIII. p. 2. 

 Le MaiTja, Fred. Cuv. Mamm. lithogr. 



Description.—" The Malay Tapir resembles in form the American, and 

 " has a similar flexible proboscis, which is six or eight inches in length. Its general 

 " appearance is heavy and massive, somewhat resembling the hog. The eyes are 

 " small. The ears roundish, and bordered with white. The skin is thick and firm, 

 " thinly covered with short hair. There is no mane on the neck as in the American 

 " species. The tail is very short, and almost destitute of hair. The legs are short, 

 " and stout ; the fore feet furnished with four toes, the hind feet with three. In the 

 " upper jaw there are seven molars on each side, one small canine inserted exactly 

 " on the suture of the incisor bone, and in front six incisors, the two outer of 

 " which are elongated into tusks. In the under jaw there are but six molars; the 

 " canines are large ; and the number of the incisors, the outer of which are the 



