Tapirus cristatellus Temporal range: Late Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Tapiridae |
Genus: | Tapirus |
Species: | †T. cristatellus |
Binomial name | |
†Tapirus cristatellus H. Winge, 1906 |
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]
Tapirus cristatellus |
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