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Tapirus cristatellus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Tapirus cristatellus was named by Winge (1906).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Tapirus cristatellus Winge
2013Tapirus cristatellus Holanda and Ferrero

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyTapiroideaGill 1872
familyTapiridae()
genusTapirus
speciescristatellusWinge 1906

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.

Tapirus cristatellus Winge 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:30:41
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:18:34
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available