Tapirus tarijensis

Tapirus tarijensis
Temporal range: Pleistocene (Ensenadan) ~
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
Genus: Tapirus
Species:
†T. tarijensis
Binomial name
†Tapirus tarijensis
Ameghino, 1902

Tapirus tarijensis is an extinct species of tapir that lived during the Pleistocene epoch. Fossils of the species have been found in the Tarija Formation of Bolivia.[1]

References

  1. ^ Tarija at Fossilworks.org
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