Tapirus oliverasi

Tapirus oliverasi; Temporal range: Early Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Tapiridae
Genus:	Tapirus
Species:	†T. oliverasi
Binomial name
	†Tapirus oliverasi; Ubilla, 1983

Tapirus oliverasi is a likely invalid extinct species of tapir from South America.

T. oliverasi was described based on dentary remains from the Early Pleistocene deposits at the Libertad Formation in Uruguay that were of larger size than that of T. terrestris but smaller than T. rioplatensis. However, the validity of species has been questioned and it is considered dubious.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ Holanda, E.C.; Ferigolo, J.; Ribeiro, A.M. (2011). "New Tapirus species (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) from the upper Pleistocene of Amazonia, Brazil". Journal of Mammalogy. 92 (1): 111–120. doi:10.1644/10-MAMM-A-144.1.
^ 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.

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[1] Holanda, E.C.; Ferigolo, J.; Ribeiro, A.M. (2011). "New Tapirus species (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) from the upper Pleistocene of Amazonia, Brazil". Journal of Mammalogy. 92 (1): 111–120. doi:10.1644/10-MAMM-A-144.1.

[2] 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.

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