Tapirus haysii
Extinct species of mammal
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Tapirus haysii is an extinct species of tapir that inhabited North America during the early to middle Pleistocene Epoch (~2.5–1 Ma).[1] These fossil remains of two juvenile T. haysii were collected in Hillsborough County, Florida on 31 August 1963.[2] It was classified as the second largest North American tapir; the first being T. merriami.[3]
| Tapirus haysii Temporal range: Early Pleistocene–Middle Pleistocene | |
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| A skull held at the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe, Germany | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Tapiridae |
| Genus: | Tapirus |
| Species: | †T. haysii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tapirus haysii Leidy 1859[1] | |
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Taxonomy
Tapirus copei is a junior synonym.[4] Taprirus haysii is placed in the subgenus Helicotapirus, which also includes Tapirus veroensis and Tapirus lundeliusi.[4]
