TAHR OF MALACCAo. HQ 



Bimsnfions of u mdk. TapiRs ^^ taken at Mahcca on ihs ^Gih oJ\ Ka^ 



vember^ 18150 



Extreme itngtk from- tbe point of the probofcis to the tip of 



the tail 7 feet.-: 



jf' ^'^' 

 iJeragth of the probofcisj^^ * »■ . ?. ■ 7|., 



Ditto of the head^ . . •■ » *3 



Pitto of the neck, » . » . « « » 8 • 



©itta of -the^ bodj, .. . ; » - . .» , 4 4i . 



Ditto of' the tailg » « . 1 1 



Ditto ear, . <, ■ <■ ■ 9 6 - 



Diftance between the ears^ . . <. 8 



Heighihof the Oioulder, • <, • • 32 



Ditto middle of. the bod^j-, , ■. .. o ■ 3 4 



Ditto at the rump^ , o ■ - ■=■ 3 



Ditto of the hind legSp » o 23 



Ditto of the fore legs, a « e 10 



Circurnference of the bodyg o ■■ «, 6' 



-Ditto of the neck;.' o « - 3- 



Diito of the head^ ..,- • <. . 2. g^ 



DJtto- of the probofcisj'. <,. o- ■. iof ■ 



The Tapir (called 71tnni>cj by the Malays), is ail animal, which I bC" 

 lieve has hitherto been confidered, by the iiaturalifls as being pecu- 

 har, to- the new wosld : it will however appear aboodantly evident ■ 

 from the prefent account^^ that, this' is. a miftake ; - and that a ^ 

 fpecies at lead of thi^s quadrupedj is common to -^many of the 

 fore (Is on the M^/;?)?^mwy2i/i?, and particularly fo in the vicinity 

 of Mahixa, being as well known to the natives there as the ele* ■ 

 phant or rh-noccros, 



The Tapir of Malacca, although differing in fome efTen'ial 

 l.oints fioni that of 'Amerka^ cannot, I conceive, be confidered 



