Tapiridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tapiroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Perissodactyla Subordo: Ceratomorpha Superfamilia: Tapiroidea

Familia: Tapiridae
Genera (1 + †12): †Cambaylophus – †Eotapirus – †Hesperaletes – †Miotapirus – †Nexuotapirus – †Palaeotapirus – †Paratapirus – †Plesiocolopirus – †Plesiotapirus – †Protapirus – †Tapivarus – †Tapiriscus – Tapirus

Name

Taipiridae Gray, 1821

References

Primary references

Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.

Additional references

Grubb, P. 2005. Order Perissodactyla. Pp. 629–636 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Tapirs
suomi: Tapiirit
hrvatski: Tapir
magyar: Tapírfélék
日本語: バク科
polski: Tapirowate
português: Tapirídeos
svenska: Tapirer
ไทย: สมเสร็จ, ผสมเสร็จ
Türkçe: Tapirgiller
українська: Тапірові
中文: 貘科

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