Tapirus tarijensis

Tapirus tarijensis; Temporal range: Pleistocene (Ensenadan) ~2.6–0.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Tapiridae
Genus:	Tapirus
Species:	†T. tarijensis
Binomial name
	†Tapirus tarijensis; Ameghino, 1902

Last updated September 21, 2025

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.

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[FWTarija-1] Tarija at Fossilworks.org

[2] 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.

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