Tapirus veroensis
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| Tapirus veroensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia
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| Phylum: |
Chordata
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| Class: |
Mammalia
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| Order: |
Perissodactyla
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| Family: |
Tapiridae
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| Genus: |
Tapirus
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| Species: |
veroensis
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Lua error in Module:Taxonbar/candidate at line 22: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Tapirus veroensis is an extinct Tapir species that lived in Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, and Tennessee. Tapirus veronensis is thought to have gone extinct around 11,000 years ago.[1]
History
The first T. veroensis fossil was found at Vero Beach, Florida in 1915 and named in 1918 by the Florida State Geologist E.H. Sellards.[2]
Physical Characteristics
T. veroensis fossils found in Northern Alabama were with caribou and peccary fossils which implies that T. veroensis was capable of living in a temperate climate with subfreezing temperatures.[3] The T. veronensis was most similar to the extant Mountain Tapir.[4] As with all tapir species, T. veroensis had a proboscis which was used for grabbing branches to eat the foliage. They were herbivores, living on a diet of forest vegetation. They most likely weighed over 600 pounds (270 kilograms) and would have been capable of fending off large predators.[5]
References
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