Tapirus johnsoni
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| Tapirus johnsoni Temporal range: Pliocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Tapiridae |
| Genus: | Tapirus |
| Species: | †T. johnsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tapirus johnsoni Schultz et al., 1975 | |
Tapirus johnsoni is an extinct species of tapir that lived in Nebraska during the Pliocene epoch.
Tapirus johnsoni is one of the older known tapirs and shows an increase in size from the earlier Tapirus polkensis. It was described in 1975 together with Tapirus simpsoni.[1]
