Tapirus tarijensis
Appearance
Tapirus tarijensis Temporal range: Pleistocene (Ensenadan) ~
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Tapiridae |
Genus: | Tapirus |
Species: | †T. tarijensis
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Binomial name | |
†Tapirus tarijensis Ameghino, 1902
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Tapirus tarijensis is an extinct species of tapir that lived during the Pleistocene epoch. Fossils of the species have been found in the Tarija Formation of Bolivia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Tarija at Fossilworks.org