Tapirus haysii
Tapirus haysii, commonly known as Cope's tapir,[3] is an extinct species of tapir that inhabited North America during the early to middle Pleistocene Epoch (~2.5–1 Ma).[1] The fossil remains of two juvenile T. haysii were collected in Hillsborough County, Florida on August 31, 1963.[2] It was the second largest North American tapir; the first being T. merriami.[4]
| Tapirus haysii Temporal range: Early Pleistocene–Middle Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
| A Copes' tapir skull held at the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe, Germany | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Tapiridae |
| Genus: | Tapirus |
| Species: | †T. haysii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tapirus haysii Leidy 1859[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Taxonomy
Taprirus haysii is placed in the subgenus Helicotapirus, which also includes Tapirus veroensis and Tapirus lundeliusi.[5]
References
- "Tapirus haysii". Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- "Tapirus copei Simpson | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution".
- "Tapirus copei Simpson, 1945: Cope's tapir". The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- Kurtén, Björn. Pleistocene Mammals of North America. p. 293. ISBN 0231516967.
- 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.
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