Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Synonyms: Hydrochaerus tapir Erxleben 1777, Tapir americanus Gmelin 1788, Tapir anta Zimmermann 1780, Tapir maypuri Roulin 1829, Tapir suillus Blumenbach 1799, Tapirus americanus Gmelin 1788, Tapirus laurillardi Gray 1867, Tapirus rufus Fischer 1814, Tapirus sabatyra Liais 1872, Tapirus tapirus Merriam 1895

Belongs to Tapirus terrestris according to M. Padilla and R. C. Dowler 1994

See also Erxleben 1777, Giebel 1883, Hay 1902 and Leidy 1860

Sister taxa: Tapirus terrestris aenigmaticus, Tapirus terrestris colombianus, Tapirus terrestris spegazzinii

Subtaxa: Tapirus americanus fossilis

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Ecology: amphibious browser

Distribution: found only at Tarija-1 (Quaternary of Bolivia)

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