SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Icon. Pallas, L c. pi. 3. Buff. t. vi. pL 42 and 43 ; and 

 III. pi. 39. 

 Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



748. 2. H. Syriacus (Syrian Hyrax.) Differing from the 

 South African species principally in having only three toes 

 on the anterior feet, and long bristles or hairs dispersed 

 over the upper part of the body. 



Hyrax Syriacus, Gmel. Askhkoko, Bruce's Travels. 

 Bristly Cavy, Pen. Daman Israel, Buff. Sup. iv. 276. 



Icon. Bruce, v. /. 29, Pen. Quad. 68. A. Schreb. 211. 5. 

 Buff. Sup. VI. 63. 



Inhabits Syria and Abyssinia. 



Genus VIII.— Tapir. 



Incisors f ; canines |:|; cheek-teeth 4-;| ; intermediate in- 

 cisors shorter than the exterior, which appear like canines ; 

 canines moderate, a void space between them and the cheek- 

 teeth, the crowns of which have two transverse ridges ; 

 fore-feet with four toes, the posterior with three, each toe 

 with a short round hoof; nose elongated, forming a small 

 moveable probosis, but not prehensile like that of the Ele- 

 phant; eyes small, ears long and mobile; tail short ; mam- 

 mae two, inguinal. 



749. 1. T.^mmcanw5 (American Tapir.) Head laterally 

 compressed ; a ridge from between the shoulders along the 

 neck to between the eyes, which has a slight mane in the 

 male; colour dirty-brown ; length upwards of six feet, height 

 about five feet. 



Tapurete Brasiliensibus, Marcg. Brazil, 229. Sus Aqua- 

 ticus Multisulcus, Tapir Mapouri, Barrcre, pa. 160. Hip- 

 popotamus Terrestris, Liu. Hydroehaerus Tapir, Erxleb. 

 Tapir Americanus, Gm. 



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