Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 525
s Tapir there is noteven one adult stuffed speci- bairds tapir. (Tapi-rus Bairdi.) men in existence, either in thiscountry or in Europe. A fewskulls and skeletons, and two or three muti-lated and unmountable skins are positively allthe world possesses in representation of thisspecies, and, what is… … THE MANATEE. color, marked with irregular white spots andstripes. Our universal poverty in specimens of theTapir named in honor of Professor Baird is notdue to the extreme rarity of the animal, butrather to a lack of enterprise on the part of theintelligent white men who from time to timehave had…
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