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the two last, six incisors, and two canines in each 

 jaw, like the Tapir, and three visible toes on each 

 foot ; they had also, like the Tapir, a short fleshy 

 trunk, for the muscles of which the bones of the 

 nose were shortened, and left under them a 

 strong slope. We have discovered the bones of this 

 genus mixed up with those of the Anoplotherium, 

 in the plaster quarries of the environs of Paris, 

 and they exist in many other parts of France. 



Eleven or twelve species are already known. 

 At Paris alone we find five, one of which is the 

 size of a Horse, two that of the Tapir, two that 

 of a small sheep. Near Orleans are found the 

 bones of a species, which nearly equalled the 

 Rhinoceros. These animals appear to have 

 frequented the vicinity of lakes and marshes ; 

 inasmuch as the stones which conceal their 

 bones contain also fresh-water shells. (See 

 Cuv. Researches in Fossil Osteology, III.) 



To these three genera should succeed that of 



The Tapirs (Tapir, _£.) 



In which the twenty- seven cheek-teeth present be- 

 fore the effect of trituration two transverse recti- 

 linear hills ; in front there are in each jaw six 

 incisors and two canines, separated from the cheek- 

 teeth by a void space. The nose is in the form of 

 a little fleshy trunk; the anterior feet have four 

 toes, the posterior three. 



Only one species is known — 



