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TAPIR, TAPIR. 

 Generic Character. 



Denies Primores in utraquc 



maxilla decern? 

 Lamarii^ solitarii, incurvati. 



Molares utrinque quinque, 



latissimi. 

 Fedes ungulis tribus, anticis 



ungula succenturiata. 



Front-teeth in both jaws ten? 



Canine-teeth in both jaws sin- 

 gle, incurvated. 



Grinders in both jaws five on 

 each side, very broad. 



Feet with three hoofs, and a 

 false hoof on the forefeet. 



AMERICAN TAPIR. 



Tapir Americanus. lin, Si/st. Nat. Gmel. p. 216. 

 Brown Tapir, with lengthened snout. 



Hippopotamus terrestris. H, pedibus posticis trisidcis. Lui, 



Si/st. Nat. edit. 10. p. 74. 

 Danta. Nieremb. Hist. Nat. p. 187, Jo7ist. Quadr. p. 216, 

 Anta. Marcgr. Bras. p. 229. 



Sus aquaticus multisulcus. Barr. Fr. Equin. p. 160. 



Long-nosed Tapiir. Fennant Quadr. 1. p. 163. 



Le Tapir. Bnff. 11. p. 444. pi. 43. and Suppl. 6, p. i. pi. i. 



The Tapir, with respect to the size of its body, 

 may be considered as the largest of all the native 



* In the Gmelinian edition of the Systema Naturae, the generic 

 characters of this animal are somewhat differently given ; the ca- 

 nine-teeth being said to be wanting j but I think we may depend 

 on the description of the teeth by Mons. Bajon, published in the 

 Memoirs of the French Academy. 



