Tapirus haysii

Tapirus haysii
Temporal range: 2.5–1 Ma
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Early Pleistocene–Middle Pleistocene
A skull held at the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe, Germany
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
Genus: Tapirus
Species:
†T. haysii
Binomial name
†Tapirus haysii
Leidy 1859[1]
Synonyms
  • Tapirus copei‍[2]

Tapirus haysii is an extinct species of tapir that inhabited North America during the early to middle Pleistocene Epoch (~2.5–1 Ma).[1] These fossil remains of two juvenile T. haysii were collected in Hillsborough County, Florida on August 31, 1963.[2] It was classified as the second largest North American tapir; the first being T. merriami.[3]

Taxonomy

Tapirus copei is a junior synonym.[4] Taprirus haysii is placed in the subgenus Helicotapirus, which also includes Tapirus veroensis and Tapirus lundeliusi.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tapirus haysii". Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Tapirus copei Simpson | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution".
  3. ^ Kurtén, Björn. Pleistocene Mammals of North America. Columbia University Press. p. 293. ISBN 0231516967.
  4. ^ a b Hulbert, Richard Jr. (30 September 2010). "A new early Pleistocene tapir (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from Florida, with a review of Blancan tapirs from the state" (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 49 (3): 67–126. doi:10.58782/flmnh.ezjr9001.


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