Tapirus tarijensis

Tapirus tarijensis
Temporal range: Pleistocene (Ensenadan)
~2.6–0.8 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
Genus: Tapirus
Species: T. tarijensis
Binomial name
Tapirus tarijensis

Tapirus tarijensis is an extinct species of tapir that lived during the Pleistocene era. Fossils of the species have been found in the Tarija Formation of Bolivia.[1]

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