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Tapirus terrestris aenigmaticus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Tapirus aenigmaticus was named by Gray (1872). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tapirus terrestris aenigmaticus by Padilla and Dowler (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. olivaresi, T. telleri

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Tapirus aenigmaticus Gray p. 490
1872Tapirus ecuadorensis Gray p. 492
1994Tapirus terrestris aenigmaticus Padilla and Dowler p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyTapiroideaGill 1872
familyTapiridae()
genusTapirus
speciesterrestris()
subspeciesaenigmaticus(Gray 1872)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Tapirus ecuadorensis Gray 1872 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available