Tapirus

Tapirus; Temporal range: Miocene – Recent
	South American tapir, a type species of Tapirus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Tapiridae
Genus:	Tapirus; Brisson, 1762
Type species
	Hippopotamus terrestris; (=Tapirus terrestris); Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	T. bairdii; T. indicus; T. pinchaque; T. terrestris; For extinct species, see text
Synonyms
	About 12 Acrocodia Goldman, 1913 (also as an independent genus or subgenus) ; Chinchecus Trouessart, 1898 ; Cinchacus Gray, 1873 ; Elasmognathus Gill, 1865 ; Hydrochoerus Gray, 1821 (nomen nudum) ; Pinchacus Hershkovitz, 1954 (also as an subgenus of Tapirus) ; Rhinochoerus Wagler, 1830 ; Syspotamus Billburg, 1827 ; Tapir Blumenbach, 1779 ; Tapyra Liais, 1872 ; Tapirella Palmer, 1903 (also as an subgenus of Tapirus) ; Tapirussa Frisch, 1775;

Tapirus is a genus of tapir which contains the living tapir species. The Malayan tapir is usually included in Tapirus as well, although some authorities have moved it into its own genus, Acrocodia.

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