Tapirus

Tapirus; Temporal range: Miocene – Recent
	South American tapir, a type species of Tapirus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Tapiridae
Genus:	Tapirus; Brisson, 1762
Type species
	Hippopotamus terrestris; (=Tapirus terrestris); Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	T. bairdii; T. indicus; T. pinchaque; T. terrestris; For extinct species, see text
Synonyms
	About 12 Acrocodia Goldman, 1913 (also as an independent genus or subgenus) ; Chinchecus Trouessart, 1898 ; Cinchacus Gray, 1873 ; Elasmognathus Gill, 1865 ; Hydrochoerus Gray, 1821 (nomen nudum) ; Pinchacus Hershkovitz, 1954 (also as an subgenus of Tapirus) ; Rhinochoerus Wagler, 1830 ; Syspotamus Billburg, 1827 ; Tapir Blumenbach, 1779 ; Tapyra Liais, 1872 ; Tapirella Palmer, 1903 (also as an subgenus of Tapirus) ; Tapirussa Frisch, 1775;

Tapirus is a genus of tapir which contains the living tapir species. The Malayan tapir is usually included in Tapirus as well, although some authorities have moved it into its own genus, Acrocodia.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Grubb, P. (2005). "Order Perissodactyla". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 633. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ ^a ^b Groves, C.P.; Grubb, P. (2011). Ungulate Taxonomy (PDF). Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 18–20. ISBN 978-1-4214-0093-8. LCCN 2011008168. OCLC 708357723. OL 25220152M. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-26.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hulbert, Richard C. (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. doi:10.58782/flmnh.ezjr9001.

[MSW-1] Grubb, P. (2005). "Order Perissodactyla". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 633. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[UT-2] Groves, C.P.; Grubb, P. (2011). Ungulate Taxonomy (PDF). Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 18–20. ISBN 978-1-4214-0093-8. LCCN 2011008168. OCLC 708357723. OL 25220152M. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-26.

[Hulbert,_2010-3] Hulbert, Richard C. (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. doi:10.58782/flmnh.ezjr9001.

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