Tapirus webbi

Tapirus webbi; Temporal range: 9.5–8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Late Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Tapiridae
Genus:	Tapirus
Species:	†T. webbi
Binomial name
	†Tapirus webbi; Hulbert, 2005

Last updated October 03, 2025

Tapirus webbi is an extinct species of tapir that once lived in North America during the Late Miocene subepoch.^[1] It was originally believed to be identical to Tapirus simpsoni ,^[2] and it is known only from Alachua County and Levy County in northern Florida.^[1]

Palaeoecology

At Love Bone Bed, the ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr values for T. webbi were substantially higher than those of the equids and proboscideans. This almost certainly is reflective of the diet of T. webbi consisting of high amounts of aquatic plants.^[3]

References

1 2 Hulbert Jr., Richard C. (12 May 2015) [Originally published 14 October 2012]. "Tapirus webbi". Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
↑ Hulbert Jr., Richard C. (2005). "Late Miocene Tapirus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Florida, with Description of a New Species, Tapirus webbi". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History . 45 (4): 465–494. doi: 10.58782/flmnh.pdqo4742 .
↑ Wallace, Jenelle P.; Crowley, Brooke E.; Miller, Joshua H. (15 February 2019). "Investigating equid mobility in Miocene Florida, USA using strontium isotope ratios". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 516: 232–243. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.036 . Retrieved 2 October 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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[fmnh2015-1] 1 2 Hulbert Jr., Richard C. (12 May 2015) [Originally published 14 October 2012]. "Tapirus webbi". Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 August 2025.

[2] Hulbert Jr., Richard C. (2005). "Late Miocene Tapirus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Florida, with Description of a New Species, Tapirus webbi". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History . 45 (4): 465–494. doi: 10.58782/flmnh.pdqo4742 .

[3] Wallace, Jenelle P.; Crowley, Brooke E.; Miller, Joshua H. (15 February 2019). "Investigating equid mobility in Miocene Florida, USA using strontium isotope ratios". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 516: 232–243. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.036 . Retrieved 2 October 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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