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Protapirus
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Protapirus simplex skull from South Dakota. At the AMNH. | |
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1913 illustration of P. simplex, depicted without a trunk. | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Tapiridae |
Genus: | †Protapirus Filhol, 1877 |
Type species | |
†Protapirus priscus Filhol, 1874 | |
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