Tapirus rondoniensis Winge, 1906
Rondonia tapir
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Rondonia, Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
The type specimen is a nearly complete skull. So far no other specimens have been unearthed.
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Winge, Herluf. (1906). Jordgundne og nulevende Hoydyr (Ungulata) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brasilien. E Museo Lundii 3: 1-239.
Other references:
Holanda, E. C., Ferigolo, J., and Ribeiro, A. M. (2011). A new Tapirus species (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) from the upper pleistocene of Amazonia, Brazil. Journal of Mammology 92(1): 111-120.
Holanda, Elizete Celestino and Ferrero, Brenda Soledad. (2013). Reappraisal of the Genus Tapirus (Perissodactyla, Tapiridae): Systematics and Phylogenetic Affinities of the South American Tapirs. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 20(1): 33-44. [Abstract]
van Linden, Lisa et al. (2022). Sagittal crest morphology decoupled from relative bite performance in Pleistocene tapirs (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae). Integrative Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12627