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Show 256 MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS. [May 7, The following visceral characters appear to distinguish the American from the Indian Tapir :- (1) Absence of well-marked valvulae conniventes, or at any rate their less development (Owen). (2) Presence of a moderator band in the heart. (3) Shape of glans penis. (4) A more elongated caecum sacculated by four bands. Brain. The accompanying drawings (woodcuts figs. 2, 3) illustrate the principal characteristics of the cerebral hemispheres and of the cerebellum. The brain of Tapirus terrestris has been already figured by Eudes-Deslongchamps (3), Mayer (11), and Dareste (12); the Fig. 2. Upper surface of Brain of Tapirus terrestris. second figure, that of Mayer, is also copied in Krueg's work upon the cerebral convolution of Ungulates (5). I believe, however, that my figures, which were carefully drawn by Mr. Smit from the pre- |
