Tapirus simpsoni
Extinct species of tapir
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Tapirus simpsoni is an extinct species of tapir that lived in Nebraska during the Pliocene epoch.
| Tapirus simpsoni Temporal range: Pliocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Tapiridae |
| Genus: | Tapirus |
| Species: | †T. simpsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tapirus simpsoni Schultz et al., 1975 | |
Tapirus simpsoni was described in 1975 together with Tapirus johnsoni, and was larger than it.[1] Late Miocene fossils from Florida were considered to have belonged to T. simpsoni until 2005, when they were reclassified as belonging to a new species, Tapirus webbi.[2]