Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Belongs to Tapirus according to Spassov and Ginsburg 1999
Sister taxa: Tapirus (Helicotapirus), Tapirus (Megatapirus), Tapirus (Tapiralum), Tapirus antiquus, Tapirus arvernensis, Tapirus bairdii, 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: there are no occurrences of Tapirus balkanicus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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