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Show 1882.] MR. W. N. PARKER ON THE INDIAN TAPIR. 773 neck ; and the ureters open close together about two thirds of way back from its anterior end. These openings are separated by a longitudinal fold of the mucous membrane, which extends backwards as far as the veru montanum. The animal being young, the generative organs were in such an undeveloped condition that I am unable to give a good description of them. The testes were only about § inch long ; but the epi-didymes were large. The vesiculee seminales were branched ; and the seminal ducts and prostates opened by numerous slit-like apertures on either side of the veru montanum. Extending for some distance behind the latter there were several irregular rows of apertures of mucous glands. The penis (fig. 4) differed considerably in form from Poelman's figure. He describes three ridges (cretes) or flattened pads (bour-relets aplatis) on the upper surface : these were not present; but just Fig. 4. Upper surface of penis, one half nat. size. behind the glans there was a squarish forwardly directed fold. glans was conical; and the lower lip of the urethral aperture projected slightly. The brain (Plates LVIII., LIX., figs. 1-4) resembles on the whole that of the Rhinoceros and Horse ; but the convolutions are simpler, and the hemispheres relatively shorter, appearing almost round when viewed from the side; seen from above, they do not show such a marked difference in breadth between the anterior and posterior parts as in the Rhinoceros, and in this more nearly resemble the Horse. The olfactory lobes are very large and of an oval shape, and are marked off by a groove from their peduncles. The peduncles of the |
