Tapirus tarijensis

Tapirus tarijensis is an extinct species of tapir that lived during the Pleistocene epoch. Fossils of the species have been found in the Tarija Formation of Bolivia.[1]

Tapirus tarijensis
Temporal range: Pleistocene (Ensenadan) ~
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
Genus: Tapirus
Species:
T. tarijensis
Binomial name
Tapirus tarijensis
Ameghino, 1902

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