Mammalia - Perissodactyla

PaleoDB taxon number: 43129

Alternative spelling: Tapirina

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310

Parent taxon: Tapiroidea according to M. W. Colbert 2005

Sister taxa: Deperetellidae, Euryletes, Haagella, Helaletes, Helaletidae, Heptodon, Heptodontidae, Hesperaletes, Thuliadanta

Subtaxa: none

Type: Tapirus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser