Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Synonyms: Acrocodia Goldman 1913, Cinchacus Gray 1873, Pinchacus Hershkovitz 1954, Rhinochoerus Wagler 1830, Syspotamus Billberg 1827, Tapir Blumenbach 1799, Tapyra Liais 1872
Full reference: M. J. Brisson. 1762. Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2
Parent taxon: Tapiridae according to M. W. Colbert 2005
See also Alroy 2002, Ameghino 1902, Carroll 1988, Cattoi 1957, Colbert and Schoch 1998, Cope 1881, Eshelman et al. 2018, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Holanda et al. 2011, Holbrook 1999, Hulbert 2010, Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1860, Olson 1940, Owen 1848, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Salles et al. 2006 and Scott 1913
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Tapirus (Helicotapirus) 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
Type: Elasmognathus bairdii
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (4 collections), Bolivia (2), Brazil (24), China (18), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), France (1), Guatemala (2), Indonesia (4), Laos (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (2), Panama (1), Peru (3), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (122: Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Uruguay (4), Venezuela (1), Vietnam (2)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (20: California, Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1), France (2), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Italy (7), Moldova (1), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (4), Spain (1), United States (2: California, North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (16: California, Florida, Nebraska, Tennessee)
• Baodean of China (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), China (1), France (2), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Poland (1), Slovakia (1), Turkey (1), United States (14: Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota), Vietnam (1)
• Neogene of Myanmar (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 293 collections including 309 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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