602 &EOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TEERITOEIES. 



M. 



Depth calcaneiim behind 025 



Width calcaneum at astragalus 035 



Greatest asial lengtli of astragalus 045 



Width between trochlear crests astragalus 022 



Length neck between trochlear, outer side 014 



Width head between trochlear 030 



Width navicular 031 



Length navicular at middle 010 



Length cuboid 022 



Depth outside 025 



Length ectocuueifoi-m in front 013 



Width ectoeuueiform in front 019 



Width mesocuneiforin in front 019 



Length mesocuneiform in front 008 



Length entocuneiform at side 021 



Depth entocuneiform at side 015 



Length of metatarsus II 102 



Length of metatarsus III , 107 



Width of metatarsus II proximally 016 



Width of metatarsus III proximally 020 



Width of metatarsus II clistally ) within ( 016 



Width of metatarsus III distally \ fossa \ - . 025 



Length median phalanges 1 025 



Width median phalanges I distally 015 



Depth median phalanges I distally .. 009 



Length median plialauges II 015 



Length median phalanges unguis 029 



Width of articular facet uuguis 014 



Width of neck of facet unguis . 021 



Width of greatest expanse facet unguis 029 



Length phalanges of metatarsal II , 060 



Length uuguis of metatarsal II 028 



Width uuguis, (greatest) 018 



Length metarsus and x^halanges IV 158 



Bestoration. — The following dimensions may be relied on as a basis for 

 a restoration of this species : 



Measurements. 



M. 



fhead 0.220 



Ten o-th ^ vertebral column less tail 063 



l^ equal 42.1 inches 1.283 



f of neural spines exposed 035 



of scapula 215 



Height . { of fore leg .692 



^ total 31.05 inches inclusive 947 



rof hind leg 770 



TT . 1 J. J of elevation of ilium 135 



[total 29.7 inches.. - .905 



Depth of body at middle manubrium 255 



Depth of body at 15 rib 250 



Allowance being made for the obliquity of the humerus, scapula, 

 femur, and ilium, the elevation in life was — 



M. 



At the Avithers, (26.6 inches) 872 



At the rump 762 



The size of this species was, then, that of a large sheep. 



Comijarison of the slceleton with that of Tapirus rouUni. — For the oppor- 

 tunity of making this comparison I am indebted to the Smithsonian 

 Institution, which [lossesses a skeleton of the above species of tapir from 

 Ecuador, presented by President Moreno. 



Cranium. — In addition to the generic characters mentioned at the 



