Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Full reference: E. C. Holanda, J. Ferigolo, and A. M. Ribeiro. 2011. New Tapirus species (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) from the upper Pleistocene of Amazonia, Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy 92(1):111-120

Belongs to Tapirus according to E. C. Holanda and B. S. Ferrero 2013

See also Holanda et al. 2011

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 oliverasi, Tapirus pinchaque, Tapirus polkensis, Tapirus priscus, Tapirus rioplatensis, Tapirus sanyuanensis, Tapirus simpsoni, Tapirus sinensis, Tapirus tarijensis, Tapirus terrestris, Tapirus webbi

Type specimen: UNIR-PLV-M009, a skull. Its type locality is Araras/Periquitos, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene fluvial sandstone in the Rio Madeira Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: amphibious browser

Distribution: found only at Araras/Periquitos

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.