340 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



(Tapir Americanus, L.) 



As big as an ass, with a brown skin nearly 

 naked, scull moderate, neck fleshy, forming a 

 sort of crest on the nape. It is common in the 

 humid places and the sides of rivers of the 

 warm parts of South America. Its flesh is 

 eaten. The young are spotted white like 

 fawns. 



The third family of Pachydermata or hoofed non- 

 ruminating animals, will comprehend 



The Solipedes, 



Or quadrupeds which have only one apparent toe 

 and a single hoof on each foot, although they have 

 under the integument on each side of their meta- 

 carpe and metatarse two protuberances, which re- 

 present as many lateral toes. 



Only one species is known, which is that of 



The Horse (Equus, L.) 



With six incisors in each jaw, which during non- 

 age have a sort of dimple on the crowns, and six 

 cheek-teeth in each side in each jaw, marked with 

 laminae of enamel which penetrate the tooth with 

 four crescents, and in the upper with a small disk at 

 the internal edge. The males have moreover two 

 small canine teeth in the upper jaw, and sometimes 

 also in the under, but these are almost always want- 



