Tapirus veroensis
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Tapirus veroensis is an extinct tapir species that lived in the area of the modern eastern and southern United States during the Pleistocene epoch (Irvingtonian-Rancholabrean). Tapirus veronensis is thought to have gone extinct around 11,000 years ago.[1]
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Tapirus veroensis | |
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Drawing of the mostly complete skull PV4257 | |
Jaws from T. veroensis at the Tellus Science Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Tapiridae |
Genus: | Tapirus |
Species: | †T. veroensis |
Binomial name | |
†Tapirus veroensis Sellards, 1918 | |
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