PaleoDB taxon number: 378246
Full reference: E. C. Holanda, J. Ferigolo, and A. M. Ribeiro. 2011. New Tapirus species (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) from the upper Pleistocene of Amazonia, Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy 92(1):111-120
Belongs to Tapirus according to E. C. Holanda et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Tapirus (Helicotapirus), Tapirus (Megatapirus), Tapirus (Tapiralum), Tapirus antiquus, Tapirus arvernensis, Tapirus bairdii, Tapirus balkanicus, Tapirus indicus, Tapirus johnsoni, Tapirus merriami, Tapirus mesopotamicus, Tapirus olivaresi, Tapirus pinchaque, Tapirus polkensis, Tapirus priscus, Tapirus sanyuanensis, Tapirus simpsoni, Tapirus sinensis, Tapirus terrestris, Tapirus webbi
Type specimen: UNIR-PLV-M009, a skull. Its type locality is Araras, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial sandstone in the Rio Madeira Formation of Brazil.