| Tapirus tarijensis Temporal range: Pleistocene (Ensenadan) ~ | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Tapiridae |
| Genus: | Tapirus |
| Species: | †T. tarijensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tapirus tarijensis Ameghino, 1902 | |
Tapirus tarijensis is an extinct species of tapir that lived during the Pleistocene epoch. Fossils of the species have been found in the Tarija Formation of Bolivia.[1]
Palaeoecology
T. tarijensis is considered to have been a browsing herbivore, being one of the key members of the browser guild in the Tarija palaeocommunity.[2]
References
- Tarija at Fossilworks.org
- MacFadden, Bruce J.; Shockey, Bruce J. (1997). "Ancient feeding ecology and niche differentiation of Pleistocene mammalian herbivores from Tarija, Bolivia: morphological and isotopic evidence". Paleobiology. 23 (1): 77–100. doi:10.1017/S0094837300016651. ISSN 0094-8373. Retrieved 20 September 2025 – via Cambridge Core.