Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Belongs to Tapirus according to Croizet and Jobert 1828
See also Osborn 1922
Sister taxa: Tapirus (Helicotapirus), Tapirus (Megatapirus), Tapirus (Tapiralum), Tapirus antiquus, 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
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection)
• Pliocene of France (2), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Italy (7), Moldova (1), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (4), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Italy (1)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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