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

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Type: Elasmognathus bairdii

Ecology: amphibious browser