Biology:Tapirus lundeliusi
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Tapirus lundeliusi is an extinct species of tapir that lived in Florida in the early Pleistocene.[1] It was similar in size and shape to the still-living Mountain tapir (T. pinchaque).
Taxonomy
There are multiple pieces of evidence which indicate most, if not all, of the 5 accepted Pleistocene tapir species found in the modern-day United States (T. californicus, T. haysii (T. copei), T. lundeliusi, T. merriami, T. veroensis) may actually belong to the same species. T. californicus was considered to be a subspecies of T. haysii by Merriam,[2] T. californicus and T. veroensis are nearly impossible to distinguish morphologically and occupy the same time frame,[3] being separated only by location, and T. haysii, T. veroensis, and T. lundeliusi are already considered so closely related that they occupy the same subgenus (Helicotapirus).[1] Additionally, few details distinguish T. haysii and T. veroensis except size, date, and wear of teeth;[4] and the intermediate sizes overlap greatly with many specimens originally assigned to one species, then later switched over to another.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hulbert, Richard Jr. (September 30, 2010). "A new early Pleistocene tapir (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from Florida, with a review of Blancan tapirs from the state". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49 (3): 67–126. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/files/6713/9447/0157/bulletin-vol49no3.pdf.
- ↑ "Tapirus haysii californicus". http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=161430. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ↑ Jefferson, George T. (August 14, 1989). "Late Cenozoic Tapirs (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) of Western North America". Contributions in Science (406). http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS406.pdf.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Tapirus haysii". https://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/species/tapirus-haysii. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
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