SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Tapiluies, Thevet. Cosmog. ii. 987. Danta, Nieremb. 

 Hist. Nat. 187. Antes, Menh.Brasil. 23. Mountain Cow, 

 Dampier. Anta in Brasil. Niborebi, in Paraguay. 



Icon. Marcg. I. c. Dampier, I. c. Tapir, Buff. xi. 43. 



Inhabits South America very generally. 



750. 2. T. Malayanus (Malay Tapir.) Black or dirty- 

 brown, with a large white patch on the posterior part ; 

 when young, black, spotted, and striped with fawn-colour, 

 or white. 



Tapir Malayanus, Raffles, Lin. Trans. T. Sumatrensis, 

 Gray's Med. Repository. T. Indicus, Desmarest. 



Mariba, F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. 



Icon. Horsfield, Zool. Researches, F. Cuv, I. c. 



Inhabits Sumatra. 



Genus IX.- — Eauus. 



Incisors | ; canines i-J-, or o:°, in the females of some 

 species; cheek-teeth f:|. Cheek-teeth furrowed on each side 

 with flat crowns and several ridges of enamel. Between 

 the canines and cheek-teeth is a void space ; upper lip ca- 

 pable of considerable motion ; eyes large ; ears rather large, 

 pointed, and erect ; feet with a single apparent toe, covered 

 with a thick hoof; tail with long hair, or with a tuft at the 

 extremity ; mammae two, inguinal ; stomach simple and 

 membranaceous; intestines and caecum very large. 



751. 1. E. Cahallus (the Horse.) Not known in its 

 pristine state. May be characterized specifically by its 

 long tail with long hair all over, long mane, and want of 

 the humeral stripe. 



"iTT^rof, Aristot. Hist. Equus, Pliny. 



Icon. Most Zoological Works, with figures. 



Inhabits the temperate climates of the Old World. 



