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M. Raulin discovered a new species of Tapir, whicli lie named 
Tapir pinchaque. The head of this Pachyderm is very much like 
that of a fossilized animal of the same family, the Palceotherium ; 
however, it is smaller. The Tapir pinchaque , from living in cold 
countries and on high mountains, is entirely covered with long 
hair, which is of a brown colour. 
The Indian Tapir is larger than the Common Tapir, which it 
resembles in the shape of its body. Its hair is short. Its head, 
neck, shoulders, limbs, and tail are of a dark black colour ; its 
back, rump, belly, flanks, and the extremity of its ears white. It 
has no mane. It inhabits the forests of the Island of Sumatra and 
the peninsula of Malacca. 
Among the antediluvian animals there is a group very 
analogous to the Tapirs in their general form, in the structure of 
the head, and the smallness of the bones of the nose : it is that of 
the Paleeotherium, which we must class among the most ancient 
Mammalia that have ever existed on the surface of the globe. 
Palseotheria abound in the tertiary gypsum of the Paris basin. 
Suidce . — To this genus belong the ordinary Wild Boar, the 
exotic species which resemble it, and the different varieties of 
Domestic Pigs. 
The animals belonging to this group have the head enlongated 
and terminating in a strong movable snout. Their bodies are 
generally covered with stiff hairs, called bristles. The tail is 
rather short, and the feet have four toes ; two of these toes are 
large ; the two others, which are smaller, are situated at the back 
of the limb, and are not used for locomotion. Its very strong 
canine teeth are elongated in the shape of tusks, of which the 
lower are longer than the upper. 
The snout is a movable prolongation of the muzzle, supported 
by a bone, the base of which rests on the front part of the 
upper jaw. It is set in motion by two muscles situated on each 
side of the face. This bone is covered by a fibro-cartilaginous 
tissue, which is terminated in front in a circular surface, inclined 
downwards, covered with a thick and naked skin. On the upper 
rim or border of this truncated extremity of the muzzle is a large 
callous swelling, with which the animal turns up the soil, whilst 
the under part of the muzzle is used as a ploughshare. 
