Tapirus cristatellus
Tapirus cristatellus Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Tapiridae |
Genus: | Tapirus |
Species: | †T. cristatellus
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Binomial name | |
†Tapirus cristatellus H. Winge, 1906
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Tapirus cristatellus is an extinct species of tapir from the Pleistocene of South America. Remains are known from Brazil, specifically the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia.[1]
The now extinct tapirs of Pleistocene North America may have been derived from T. cristatellus.[2]
References[]
- ^ Holanda, E.C.; Rincón, A.D. (2012). "Tapirs from the Pleistocene of Venezuela". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (3): 463–473. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0001.
- ^ Holanda, E.C.; Ferrero, B.S. (2012). "Reappraisal of the Genus Tapirus (Perissodactyla, Tapiridae): Systematics and Phylogenetic Affinities of the South American Tapirs". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 20: 33–44. doi:10.1007/s10914-012-9196-z.
Categories:
- Prehistoric tapirs
- Pleistocene mammals of South America
- Pleistocene odd-toed ungulates
- Prehistoric odd-toed ungulate stubs