Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Alternative combination: Tapirus haysii californicus
Belongs to Tapirus according to Simpson 1945
See also Kurten and Anderson 1980, Olson 1940 and Slaughter 1966
Sister taxa: Tapirus (Helicotapirus), Tapirus (Megatapirus), Tapirus (Tapiralum), Tapirus antiquus, Tapirus arvernensis, Tapirus bairdii, Tapirus balkanicus, 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 specimen: UCMP 8747, a tooth (m2 (?)). Its type locality is Wood's Creek, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial gravel in California.
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: California collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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