Megatapirus
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Megatapirus
| Megatapirus Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to middle Holocene |
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| fossil Megatapirus augustus skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Superfamily: | Tapiroidea |
| Family: | Tapiridae |
| Genus: | Megatapirus |
| Species: | M. augustus |
| Binomial name | |
| Megatapirus augustus Matthew & Granger, 1923 |
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Giant tapir (Megatapirus augustus) is an extinct tapir that lived in southern China and Vietnam. It appeared during the Middle Pleistocene and survived until about 4,000 years ago in China. It was larger than modern tapirs, being 2.1 metres (6.9 ft) long and 0.9 metres (3.0 ft) tall at the shoulders, and may have weighed up to 500 kilograms (1,100 lb).
References
- Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell
- Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas
- Colbert's Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time by Edwin H. Colbert, Michael Morales, and Eli C. Minkoff
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