Tapirus cristatellus

Tapirus cristatellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
Genus: Tapirus
Species: T. cristatellus
Binomial name
Tapirus cristatellus

Tapirus cristatellus is an extinct species of tapir that once lived in North America. It was a possible ancestors of all tapirs in South America today. It became extinct in the middle of the Pleistocene era.

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