Protapirus

Protapirus; Temporal range: Early Oligocene-Early Miocene
	Protapirus simplex skull from South Dakota. At the AMNH.
	1913 illustration of P. simplex, depicted without a trunk.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Tapiridae
Genus:	†Protapirus; Filhol, 1877
Type species
	†Protapirus priscus; Filhol, 1874
Species
	P. aginensis; P. bavaricus; P. cetinensis; P. douvillei; P. gromovae; P. obliquidens (syn. Tanyops undans); P. priscus; P. simplex (syn. P. validus);

Protapirus (Latin: "before" (pro), + Brazilian Indian: "tapir" (tapira)^[1]) is an extinct genus of tapir known from the Oligocene and Miocene of North America and Eurasia.^[2]

Protapirus Temporal range: Early Oligocene-Early Miocene

Protapirus simplex skull from South Dakota. At the AMNH.

1913 illustration of P. simplex, depicted without a trunk.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Tapiridae
Genus:	†Protapirus Filhol, 1877
Type species
†Protapirus priscus Filhol, 1874
Species
P. aginensis P. bavaricus P. cetinensis P. douvillei P. gromovae P. obliquidens (syn. Tanyops undans) P. priscus P. simplex (syn. P. validus)