Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Full reference: R. C. Hulbert. 2010. A new early Pleistocene tapir (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from Florida, with a review of Blancan tapirs from around the state. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49(3):67-126
Parent taxon: Tapirus according to R. C. Hulbert 2010
Sister taxa: Tapirus (Megatapirus), Tapirus (Tapiralum), Tapirus antiquus, Tapirus arvernensis, Tapirus bairdii, Tapirus balkanicus, Tapirus californicus, Tapirus cristatellus, Tapirus greslebini, Tapirus indicus, Tapirus johnsoni, Tapirus kabomani, Tapirus merriami, Tapirus mesopotamicus, Tapirus oliverasi, Tapirus pinchaque, Tapirus polkensis, Tapirus priscus, Tapirus rioplatensis, Tapirus rondoniensis, Tapirus sanyuanensis, Tapirus simpsoni, Tapirus sinensis, Tapirus tarijensis, Tapirus terrestris, Tapirus webbi
Subtaxa: Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii Tapirus (Helicotapirus) lundeliusi Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (78: California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia collections)
• Blancan of United States (11: Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 89 collections including 90 occurrences