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THE HORSE 



gnathus of Gill. There are two species, both from 

 Central America : — 



Twpirus baircti (BaircTs tapir): Mexico, Honduras, 

 Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. 



Tapirus dovri (Dow's tapir) : Guatemala, Nicaragua, 

 and Costa Rica. 



(B) With the ossification of the septum not ex- 

 tending farther forward than the nasal bones. Three 

 species : — 



T. indicus (the Malay tapir) : Malay Peninsula (as 

 far north as Tavoy and Mergui) and the islands of 

 Sumatra and Borneo. 



T. americamis (T. terrestris^ Linn.). The common 

 South American tapir of the forests and lowlands of 

 Brazil and Paraguay and the northern part of the 

 Argentine Republic. 



T. roidini. The Pinchaque or Roulin's tapir of the 

 high regions of the Cordilleras of Colombia and Equador, 

 7,000 to 8,000 feet above the sea level. 



The Malay tapir is the largest of the genus, and 

 distinguished from all the others by its peculiar coloura- 

 tion, the head, neck, fore and hind limbs being glossy 

 black, and the intermediate part of the body white. 

 The demarcation of the two colours is distinctly defined. 

 The white of the body does not quite meet below, a 

 median dark line intervening. All the American species 

 are of a nearly uniform dark brown or blackish colour 



