Protapirus

Protapirus; Temporal range: Early Oligocene-Early Miocene
	Mandible of Protapirus priscus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Tapiridae
Genus:	†Protapirus; Filhol, 1877
Type species
	†Protapirus priscus; Filhol, 1874
Species
	P. aginensis; P. bavaricus; P. cetinensis; P. douvillei; P. gromovae; P. obliquidens (syn. Tanyops undans); P. priscus; P. simplex (syn. P. validus);

Protapirus (Latin: "before" (pro), + Brazilian Indian: "tapir" (tapira)) is an extinct genus of tapir known from the Oligocene and Miocene of North America and Eurasia.

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