A Taxonomic and Biogeographic Review of the Fossil Tapirs from Bolivia

Brenda S. Ferrero; Esteban Soibelzon; Elizete C. Holanda; Germán M. Gasparini; Alfredo E. Zurita; Ángel R. Miño-Boilini

doi:10.4202/app.2012.0041

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21 January 2013 A Taxonomic and Biogeographic Review of the Fossil Tapirs from Bolivia

Brenda S. Ferrero, Esteban Soibelzon, Elizete C. Holanda, Germán M. Gasparini, Alfredo E. Zurita, Ángel R. Miño-Boilini

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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 59(3):505-516 (2013). https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2012.0041

Abstract

Fossil remains of South American tapirs are often fragmentary and scarce compared with those of other mammals that entered South America during the “Great American Biotic Interchange”. Here, we review and add to the Pleistocene tapir remains from the Tarija Valley (Bolivia), and provide a taxonomic re-evaluation of Tapirus tarijensis. T. tarijensis was a large-sized animal, approximating the size of the living Malaysian T. indicus and the extinct North American T. haysii. The geographical distribution of Pleistocene records of Tapirus in South America indicates that T. tarijensis was the only known species inhabiting the Tarija Valley during this time.

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Brenda S. Ferrero, Esteban Soibelzon, Elizete C. Holanda, Germán M. Gasparini, Alfredo E. Zurita, and Ángel R. Miño-Boilini "A Taxonomic and Biogeographic Review of the Fossil Tapirs from Bolivia," Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(3), 505-516, (21 January 2013). https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2012.0041

Received: 27 March 2012; Accepted: 15 January 2013; Published: 21 January 2013

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