Helaletidae
Extinct family of odd-toed ungulates
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The Helaletidae are an extinct family of tapiroid, closely related and likely ancestral to the true tapirs, which contain Protapirus and all descendants.[1] In alternative classifications, Helaletidae is treated as a subfamily within the Tapiridae, the Helaletinae.
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| Helaletidae | |
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| Skeleton of Helaletes nanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Superfamily: | Tapiroidea |
| Family: | †Helaletidae Osborn, 1892 |
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Members of the family are defined by having less bilophodont cheek teeth compared to other tapiroids.[2]
