Tapirus lundeliusi
| Tapirus lundeliusi Temporal range: Early Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Tapiridae |
| Genus: | Tapirus |
| Species: | †T. lundeliusi
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| †Tapirus lundeliusi Hulbert, 2010
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Tapirus lundeliusi is an extinct species of tapir that lived in Florida in the early Pleistocene.[1] It was similar in size and shape to the still-living mountain tapir (T. pinchaque), with an estimated weight of 203 kg [2]
Taxonomy
[edit]Taprirus haysii is placed in the subgenus Helicotapirus, which also includes Tapirus veroensis and Tapirus haysii.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hulbert, Richard Jr. (September 30, 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.
- ^ MacLaren, Jamie A.; Hulbert, Richard C.; Wallace, Steven C.; Nauwelaerts, Sandra (2018). "A morphometric analysis of the forelimb in the genus Tapirus (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) reveals influences of habitat, phylogeny and size through time and across geographical space". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 184 (2): 499–515. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly019.
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