66 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
which it may be separated from T. veroensis. The parastyle of the 
molars of the Oregon tapir, although well developed, is not placed 
so far to the external side of the tooth as in the Florida tapir. The 
ridge which braces the paracone of the Oregon tapir is heavy and is 
confluent with the crest or ridge which forms the posterior margin 
of the paracone pillar. In the Florida tapir, on the other hand, the 
buttress which supports the paracone is limited at the posterior side 
by a rather deeply incised line. 
The Florida tapir, apparently, is distinct from both Tapir us 
haysii and the California and Oregon tapir known as T. haysii cali- 
forniciis. On the other hand it seems probable that this tapir is 
identical with some of the fossil tapirs from the Pleistocene of the 
United States that heretofore, owing to imperfect material, have 
been provisionally referred to T. terrestris. Tapir teeth and frag- 
ments of jaws referred to T. terrestris have been obtained from 
several of the states of the Mississippi valley and the South Atlantic 
coast, although/until more perfect material is obtained or until that 
which has been obtained can be assembled and closely studied or 
fully illustrated, it may be difficult to definitely determine the spe- 
cific reference of these specimens. However, the two molar teeth 
obtained from Ashley River, South Carolina, and referred by Leidy 
to T. terrestris , present, so far as one may judge from the illustra- 
tions, a very close resemblance to the Florida tapir. Unfortunately 
the parastyle which should afford assistance in identifying the 
species is broken away from both of these teeth. However, the 
ridge which passes from the protocone partly crossing the valley 
between the transverse crests is similar; also the ridge which sup- 
ports the inner side of the protocone is limited at the posterior side 
by a constricted line, in which respect the molars resemble those of 
the Florida tapir. It is to be noted also that the one lower molar 
illustrated by Leidy from the Ashley River deposits does not show 
a tubercle blocking the valley between the transverse ridges in 
which respect it agrees with the lower molars of the Florida tapir. 
The essential agreement in size, and in such tooth characters as are 
indicated by the drawings, together with their geographic distribu- 
tion, suggest that the small tapir from South Carolina is probably 
identical with this Florida tapir. 
