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Tapirus tarijensis

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Extinct species of mammal

Tapirus tarijensis
Temporal range: Pleistocene (Ensenadan) ~2.6–0.8 Ma Preκž’ κž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
Genus: Tapirus
Species: T. tarijensis
Binomial name
Tapirus tarijensis
Ameghino, 1902

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.

References

  1. Tarija at Fossilworks.org
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Tapirus tarijensis
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