Tapirus haysii
| Tapirus haysii Temporal range: Early Pleistocene–Middle Pleistocene | |
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| A skull held at the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe, Germany | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Tapiridae |
| Genus: | Tapirus |
| Species: | †T. haysii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tapirus haysii Leidy 1859[1] | |
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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 31 August 1963.[2] It was classified as the second largest North American tapir; the first being T. merriami.[3] Its mean estimated body mass is estimated at 280 kilograms (620 lb).[4]
Taxonomy
Tapirus copei is a junior synonym.[5] Taprirus haysii is placed in the subgenus Helicotapirus, which also includes Tapirus veroensis and Tapirus lundeliusi.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Tapirus haysii". Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- 1 2 "Tapirus copei Simpson | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution".
- ↑ Kurtén, Björn. Pleistocene Mammals of North America. Columbia University Press. p. 293. ISBN 0231516967.
- ↑ Maclaren, Jamie A; Hulbert, Richard C, JR; Wallace, Steven C; Nauwelaerts, Sandra (5 October 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. ISSN 0024-4082.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1 2 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.