Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 43137
Synonyms: Acrocodia Goldman 1913 (no. 237888), Cinchacus Gray 1873 (no. 321814), Pinchacus Hershkovitz 1954 (no. 321813), Rhinochoerus Wagler 1830 (no. 321816), Syspotamus Billberg 1827 (no. 321815), Tapir Blumenbach 1799 (no. 233513), Tapyra Liais 1872 (no. 321817)
Full reference: M. J. Brisson. 1762. Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2
Parent taxon: Tapiridae according to M. W. Colbert 2005
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Tapirus (Helicotapirus), Tapirus (Megatapirus), Tapirus (Tapiralum), Tapirus antiquus, Tapirus arvernensis, Tapirus bairdii, Tapirus balkanicus, Tapirus indicus, Tapirus johnsoni, Tapirus merriami, Tapirus mesopotamicus, Tapirus olivaresi, Tapirus pinchaque, Tapirus polkensis, Tapirus priscus, Tapirus rondoniensis, Tapirus sanyuanensis, Tapirus simpsoni, Tapirus sinensis, Tapirus terrestris, Tapirus webbi
Type: Elasmognathus bairdii
Ecology: amphibious browser