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Tapirus indicus (Malayan tapir)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Tapirus indicus was named by Desmarest (1819). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acrocodia indica by Goldman (1913), Miller (1942).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. olivaresi, T. telleri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Tapirus indicus Desmarest
1913Acrocodia indica Goldman p. 65
1940Tapirus indicus Chasen p. 207
1942Acrocodia indica Miller, Jr. p. 160
2005Tapirus indicus Colbert p. 5
2007Tapirus indicus Ferrero and Noriega p. 508

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyTapiroideaGill 1872
familyTapiridae()
genusTapirus
speciesindicusDesmarest 1819

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 indicus Desmarest 1819 [Malayan tapir]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available