Megatapirus augustus Matthew & Granger, 1923
Giant tapir
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene
Distribution
China to Laos
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Dong, Wei and Zhang, Yingqi. (2022). Biochronologic sequences of the Pleistocene mammalian faunas in China and correlations with numeric dating. Quaternary Sciences 42(5): 1227-1246. https://doi.org/10.11928/j.issn.1001-7410.2022.05.01
Liang, Hua et al. (2022). New discovery of a late Middle Pleistocene mammalian fauna in Ganxian Cave, Southern China. Historical Biology. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2022.2139180
van Linden, Lisa et al. (2023a). Sagittal crest morphology decoupled from relative bite performance in Pleistocene tapirs (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae). Integrative Zoology 18(2): 254-277. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12627
van Linden, Lisa et al. (2023b). Corrigendum. Integrative Zoology 18(2): 391-395. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12690
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Raia P., Carotenuto F., Meiri S. (2010). One size does not fit all: no evidence for an optimal body size on islands. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19(4): 475-484.
Tong, H. and Liu, J. (2004). The Pleistocene–Holocene extinctions of mammals in China. In: Dong, W. (Ed.), Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Symposium of the Chinese Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. China Ocean Press, Beijing, pp. 111–119 (In Chinese with English abstract).
Turvey, Samuel T. et al. (2013). Holocene survival of Late Pleistocene megafauna in China: a critical review of the evidence. Quaternary Science Reviews 76: 156-166. [Abstract]
http://epress.anu.edu.au/terra_australis/ta32/pdf/ch08.pdf