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Show 1867.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE TAPIRID.E. 883 Fig. B. 1. The nasal bones and upper part of the skull of T. laurillardi. 2. Internal nasal opening of T. laurillardi. 3. End of the upper jaw of T. laurillardi. 4. End of lower jaw of T. laurillardi. 5. Front of the upper jaw of Tapirus terrestris, showing the rudimentary premolar. in the shortness and breadth of the nasal bones, and also in the front of the upper jaw not being so much produced, and in the lower edge of the lower jaw not so straight, and in the narrow linear form of the grooves between the maxillae forming the internasal cartilages. The position of the internal nostril on the palate at once separates it from the other American Tapirs. |