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A taxonomic and biogeographic review of the fossil tapirs from Bolivia
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2014-01Registro en:
Ferrero, Brenda Soledad; Soibelzon, Esteban; Holanda, Elizete C.; Gasparini, Germán Mariano; Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo; et al.; A taxonomic and biogeographic review of the fossil tapirs from Bolivia; Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Paleobiology; Acta Palaeontologica Polonica; 59; 3; 1-2014; 505-516
0567-7920
1732-2421
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Ferrero, Brenda Soledad
Soibelzon, Esteban
Holanda, Elizete C.
Gasparini, Germán Mariano
Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo
Miño Boilini, Ángel Ramón
Resumen
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.