Tapirus lundeliusi

Tapirus lundeliusi; Temporal range: 2.5–1.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Tapiridae
Genus:	Tapirus
Species:	†T. lundeliusi
Binomial name
	†Tapirus lundeliusi; Hulbert, 2010

Last updated May 29, 2025

Tapirus lundeliusi is an extinct species of tapir that lived in Florida in the early Pleistocene.^[1] It was similar in size and shape to the still-living mountain tapir (T. pinchaque), with an estimated weight of 203 kg ^[2]

Taxonomy

Taprirus haysii is placed in the subgenus Helicotapirus, which also includes Tapirus veroensis and Tapirus haysii.^[1]

References

1 2 Hulbert, Richard Jr. (September 30, 2010). "A new early Pleistocene tapir (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from Florida, with a review of Blancan tapirs from the state" (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 49 (3): 67–126. doi:10.58782/flmnh.ezjr9001.
↑ MacLaren, Jamie A.; Hulbert, Richard C.; Wallace, Steven C.; Nauwelaerts, Sandra (2018). "A morphometric analysis of the forelimb in the genus Tapirus (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) reveals influences of habitat, phylogeny and size through time and across geographical space" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 184 (2): 499–515. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly019.

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[T._lundeliusi-1] 1 2 Hulbert, Richard Jr. (September 30, 2010). "A new early Pleistocene tapir (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from Florida, with a review of Blancan tapirs from the state" (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 49 (3): 67–126. doi:10.58782/flmnh.ezjr9001.

[2] MacLaren, Jamie A.; Hulbert, Richard C.; Wallace, Steven C.; Nauwelaerts, Sandra (2018). "A morphometric analysis of the forelimb in the genus Tapirus (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) reveals influences of habitat, phylogeny and size through time and across geographical space" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 184 (2): 499–515. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly019.

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