Biology:Tapirus tarijensis
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Short description: Extinct species of mammal
| Tapirus tarijensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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]
Palaeoecology
T. tarijensis is considered to have been a browsing herbivore, being one of the key members of the browser guild in the Tarija palaeocommunity.[2]
References
- ↑ Tarija at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ MacFadden, Bruce J.; Shockey, Bruce J. (1997). "Ancient feeding ecology and niche differentiation of Pleistocene mammalian herbivores from Tarija, Bolivia: morphological and isotopic evidence" (in en). Paleobiology 23 (1): 77–100. doi:10.1017/S0094837300016651. ISSN 0094-8373. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/abs/ancient-feeding-ecology-and-niche-differentiation-of-pleistocene-mammalian-herbivores-from-tarija-bolivia-morphological-and-isotopic-evidence/B65D7F9B031BA412722AA82886442063. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
Wikidata ☰ Q9081825 entry
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