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Tapirus terrestris (Brazilian tapir)

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Hippopotamus terrestris Linnaeus
1762Tapirus terrestris Brisson
1867Tapirus terrestris Gray p. 879
1902Tapirus terrestris Hay p. 628
1911Tapirus terrestris Thomas p. 155
1966Tapirus terrestris Slaughter p. 88
1994Tapirus terrestris Padilla and Dowler p. 1
1998Tapirus terrestris International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature p. 65
2002Tapirus terrestris Antoine et al.
2005Tapirus terrestris Colbert p. 5
2007Tapirus terrestris Ferrero and Noriega p. 508
2013Tapirus terrestris Holanda and Ferrero

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
speciesterrestris()

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 terrestris Linnaeus 1758 [Brazilian tapir]
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Invalid names: Tapirus ecuadorensis Gray 1872 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Tapirus anulipes Hermann 1924 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Hydrochaerus tapir Erxleben 1777 [synonym], Tapir americanus Gmelin 1788 [synonym], Tapir anta Zimmermann 1780 [synonym], Tapir maypuri Roulin 1829 [synonym], Tapir suillus Blumenbach 1799 [synonym], Tapirus americanus fossilis Leidy 1848 [nomen oblitum], Tapirus laurillardi Gray 1867 [synonym], Tapirus rufus Fischer 1814 [synonym], Tapirus sabatyra Liais 1872 [synonym], Tapirus tapirus Merriam 1895 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 349.8 kg Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 221.9 kg Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 200.2 kg Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 249.5 kg
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter142.7
humerus diameter139.2
radius diameter121.7
tibia diameter134.0

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: MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia Tapirus americanus (142016)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Sao Paulo) Tapirus terrestris (71297)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcon) Tapirus terrestris (147190)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Tapirus terrestris (147609)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay (Salto) Tapirus terrestris (140159)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay Tapirus sp. (71274) Tapirus terrestris (71325)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Colombia Tapirus terrestris (71291)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) Tapirus terrestris (136498)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Mato Grosso) Tapirus terrestris (136521)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Tapirus terrestris (124384 124715 147598 147600 149143 151514)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Tapirus terrestris (212719)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Tapirus terrestris (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Tapirus terrestris (71269)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Tapirus terrestris (21687)