Tapirus haysii Temporal range: Early Pleistocene–
Middle Pleistocene
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A Copes' tapir skull held at the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe, Germany | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Tapiridae |
Genus: | Tapirus |
Species: | †T. haysii
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Binomial name | |
†Tapirus haysii Leidy 1859
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Tapirus haysii, commonly known as Cope's tapir, [3] is an extinct species of tapir that inhabited North America during the early to middle Pleistocene Epoch (~2.5–1 Ma). [1] The fossil remains of two juvenile T. haysii were collected in Hillsborough County, Florida on August 31, 1963. [2] It was the second largest North American tapir; the first being T. merriami. [4]
Taprirus haysii is placed in the subgenus Helicotapirus, which also includes Tapirus veroensis and Tapirus lundeliusi. [5]
Tapirus haysii Temporal range: Early Pleistocene–
Middle Pleistocene
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A Copes' tapir skull held at the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe, Germany | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Tapiridae |
Genus: | Tapirus |
Species: | †T. haysii
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Binomial name | |
†Tapirus haysii Leidy 1859
[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Tapirus haysii, commonly known as Cope's tapir, [3] is an extinct species of tapir that inhabited North America during the early to middle Pleistocene Epoch (~2.5–1 Ma). [1] The fossil remains of two juvenile T. haysii were collected in Hillsborough County, Florida on August 31, 1963. [2] It was the second largest North American tapir; the first being T. merriami. [4]
Taprirus haysii is placed in the subgenus Helicotapirus, which also includes Tapirus veroensis and Tapirus lundeliusi. [5]