Biology:Tapirus priscus
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Short description: Species of mammal
| Tapirus priscus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Tapiridae |
| Genus: | Tapirus |
| Species: | †T. priscus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Tapirus priscus Kaup, 1833
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Tapirus priscus is an extinct species of tapirid in the genus Tapirus that lived in Europe during the Late Miocene subepoch.
Palaeobiology
On the basis of the similarity of its occlusal surface area in both its mandibular and maxillary dental arcades to the modern Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), it is believed that T. priscus fed on seeds.[1]
References
- ↑ Pandolfi, Luca; Arranz, Sara G.; Almécija, Sergio; Galindo, Jordi; Luján, Àngel H.; Pina, Marta; Urciuoli, Alessandro; Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac et al. (8 January 2025). "Late Miocene Tapiridae from Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula): taxonomic and paleoenvironmental implications" (in en). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 144 (1). doi:10.1186/s13358-024-00342-5. ISSN 1664-2376.
Wikidata ☰ Q41023110 entry
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