Biology:Tapiravus

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Short description: Extinct family of mammals

Tapiravus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
Genus: †Tapiravus
Marsh 1877[1]
Species
  • Tapiravus rarus
  • Tapiravus validus

Tapiravus is an extinct genus of herbivorous mammals that were related to tapirs of today.[2]

References

  1. ↑ O. C. Marsh. 1877. Notice of some new vertebrate fossils. American Journal of Arts and Sciences 14:249-256
  2. ↑ Olsen, Stanley John (1960). "Age and Faunal Relationship of Tapiravus Remains from Florida". Journal of Paleontology 34 (1): 164–167. 

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