Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Tapiridae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Perissodactyla Genus Tapirus | |
Similar Tapirus kabomani, Tapiridae, Mountain tapir, Baird's tapir, South American tapir | ||
Tapirus rioplatensis is an extinct species of tapir that lived in North American swamps and forests during the Miocene and was probably the ancestors of all South American tapirs alive today.
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