Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Full reference: M. Ubilla. 1983. Sobre la presencia de Tapires fósiles en el Uruguay (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Tapiridae). Revista de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias. Serie Ciencias de la Tierra 1(3):85-102
Belongs to Tapirus according to E. C. Holanda and B. S. Ferrero 2013
See also Ubilla 1983
Sister taxa: Tapirus (Helicotapirus), Tapirus (Megatapirus), Tapirus (Tapiralum), Tapirus antiquus, Tapirus arvernensis, Tapirus bairdii, Tapirus balkanicus, Tapirus californicus, Tapirus cristatellus, Tapirus greslebini, Tapirus indicus, Tapirus johnsoni, Tapirus kabomani, Tapirus merriami, Tapirus mesopotamicus, Tapirus pinchaque, Tapirus polkensis, Tapirus priscus, Tapirus rioplatensis, Tapirus rondoniensis, Tapirus sanyuanensis, Tapirus simpsoni, Tapirus sinensis, Tapirus tarijensis, Tapirus terrestris, Tapirus webbi
Type specimen: MNA-CPO 183, a mandible (Right mandible fragment with m1-m3). Its type locality is Arroyo Miguelete, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in the Libertad Formation of Uruguay.
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution: found only at Arroyo Miguelete
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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