Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Alternative spelling: Tapirina

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310

Parent taxon: Tapiroidea according to M. W. Colbert 2005

Sister taxa: Atalonodon, Deperetellidae, Euryletes, Helaletes, Helaletidae, Heptodon, Heptodontidae, Indolophus, Paracolodon, Thuliadanta, Veragromovia

Subtaxa: Colodon, Dilophodon, Heteraletes, Miotapirus, Nexuotapirus, Palaeotapirus, Paratapirus, Plesiocolopirus, Plesiotapirus, Protapirus, Selenolophodon, Tapiravus, Tapirella, Tapirus, Teleolophus

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser