| Tapirus tarijensis Temporal range: Pleistocene (Ensenadan) ~ | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Mammalia | 
| Order: | Perissodactyla | 
| Family: | Tapiridae | 
| Genus: | Tapirus | 
| Species: | †T. tarijensis | 
| Binomial name | |
| †Tapirus tarijensis Ameghino, 1902 | |
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]
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]