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Tapirus terrestris (Brazilian tapir)
Taxonomy
Hippopotamus terrestris was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Tapirus terrestris by Brisson (1762), Gray (1867), Hay (1902), Thomas (1911), Slaughter (1966), Padilla and Dowler (1994), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998), Antoine et al. (2002), Colbert (2005), Ferrero and Noriega (2007), Holanda and Ferrero (2013).
It was recombined as Tapirus terrestris by Brisson (1762), Gray (1867), Hay (1902), Thomas (1911), Slaughter (1966), Padilla and Dowler (1994), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998), Antoine et al. (2002), Colbert (2005), Ferrero and Noriega (2007), Holanda and Ferrero (2013).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Hippopotamus terrestris Linnaeus |
| 1762 | Tapirus terrestris Brisson |
| 1867 | Tapirus terrestris Gray p. 879 |
| 1902 | Tapirus terrestris Hay p. 628 |
| 1911 | Tapirus terrestris Thomas p. 155 |
| 1966 | Tapirus terrestris Slaughter p. 88 |
| 1994 | Tapirus terrestris Padilla and Dowler p. 1 |
| 1998 | Tapirus terrestris International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature p. 65 |
| 2002 | Tapirus terrestris Antoine et al. |
| 2005 | Tapirus terrestris Colbert p. 5 |
| 2007 | Tapirus terrestris Ferrero and Noriega p. 508 |
| 2013 | Tapirus terrestris Holanda and Ferrero |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Tapirus terrestris Linnaeus 1758 [Brazilian tapir]
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Tapirus terrestris aenigmaticus Gray 1872
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Invalid names: Tapirus ecuadorensis Gray 1872 [synonym]
Tapirus terrestris colombianus Hershkovitz 1954
Tapirus terrestris spegazzinii Ameghino 1909
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Invalid names: Tapirus anulipes Hermann 1924 [synonym]
Tapirus terrestris terrestris Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Hydrochaerus tapir Erxleben 1777 [synonym], Tapir americanus Gmelin 1788 [synonym], Tapir anta Zimmermann 1780 [synonym], Tapir maypuri Roulin 1829 [synonym], Tapir suillus Blumenbach 1799 [synonym], Tapirus americanus fossilis Leidy 1848 [nomen oblitum], Tapirus laurillardi Gray 1867 [synonym], Tapirus rufus Fischer 1814 [synonym], Tapirus sabatyra Liais 1872 [synonym], Tapirus tapirus Merriam 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available