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talon." The cast was presented to the Museum of the College as repre- 

 senting " the superior grinder of the first species of Gigantic Tapir:" 

 and of all existing animals the Tapir is undoubtedly that whose molar 

 teeth most nearly resemble those of the present gigantic extinct Pachy- 

 derm. Cuvier, however, restricts his conclusions within the bounds of 

 the evidence which he then possessed. He writes, " Tout concourt done 

 jusqu'a present a rapprocher notre animal des Tapirs ; et tant que nous 

 n'aurons pas la preuve que ces dents incisives et canines ne correspon- 

 doient pas a celles de ce genre, nous serons autorises a l'y rapporter. Nous 

 lui conservons done le nom specifique de Tapir gigantesque, que nous lui 

 avions donne depuis long-temps*." The discovery, by Dr. Kaup, of the 

 entire jaw in which the molars of the supposed gigantic Tapir were as- 

 sociated with the large deflected incisive tusks, and the subsequent dis- 

 covery of the entire cranium, demonstrated the association of a tapiroid 

 molar dentition with proboscidian modifications, establishing at least a ge- 

 neric distinction ; and the term Dinotherium, proposed by Dr. Kaup for the 

 Tapirus giganteus of Cuvier, has been universally accepted. Dr. Kaup has 

 shown f that the present molar and No. 813, are both the penultimate true 

 molars of the left ramus of the lower jaw. Presentedby Baron Cuvier. 



813. The crown of the penultimate inferior molar of a young Dinotherium gi- 

 ganteum. This tooth was in process of formation when the animal 

 perished, and the development of the fangs had not commenced. The 

 original of the cast is described and figured by Cuvier in the ' Ossemens 

 Fossiles,' torn. ii. pt. 1. p. 166. pi. iv. fig. 3. 



Locality unknown (" d'origine inconnue"). 



Presented by Baron Cuvier. 



814. The penultimate inferior molar of a female Dinotherium giganteum. 



From the miocene tertiary deposits at Epplesheim. 



Presented by Dr. Kaup. 



815. A section of the last molar, right side, lower jaw, of the Dinotherium 



* Loc. cit., p. 174. 



\ Description des Ossemens Fossiles du Museum de Darmstadt, l re Call., p. 9. 



