Tapirus

Tapirus terrestris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tapiroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Cladus: Pan-Euungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Cladus: Panperissodactyla Cladus: Perissodactylamorpha Ordo: Perissodactyla Cladus: Tapiromorpha Subordo: Ceratomorpha Superfamilia: Tapiroidea

Familia: Tapiridae
Genus: Tapirus
Species (5 + †9): T. bairdii – T. indicus – T. kabomani – T. pinchaque – T. terrestris – †T. antiquus – †T. arvernensis – †T. balkanicus – †T. copei – †T. jeanpiveteaui – †T. mesopotamicus – †T. priscus – †T. rondoniensis – †T. webbi

Name

Tapirus Brisson, 1762: 80 [conserved name]

Type species: Hippopotamus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758, by designation under the Plenary Powers (1998: 65).
Gender: masculine.
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1894 (1998: 65).

References

Primary references

Brisson, M.J. 1762. Regnum animale in classes IX. Distributum, Sive, Synopsis Methodica, Sistens generalem Animalium distributionem in Classes IX, & duarum primarum Classium, Quadrupedum scilicet & Cetaceorum, particularem divisionem in Ordines, Sectiones, Genera & Species. Cum brevi cujusque Speciei Descriptione, Cicationibus Auctorum de iis tractantium, Nominibus eis ab ipsis & Nationibus impositis, Nominibusque vulgaribus. Theodorum Haak: Lugduni Batavorum. 7 + 296 pp. BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1998. Opinion 1894. Regnum Animale ..., Ed. 2 (M.J. Brisson, 1762): rejected for nomenclatural purposes, with the conservation of the mammalian generic names Philander (Marsupialia), Pteropus (Chiroptera), Glis, Cuniculus and Hydrochoerus (Rodentia), Meles, Lutra and Hyaena (Carnivora), Tapirus (Perissodactyla), Tragulus and Giraffa (Artiodactyla). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(1): 64–71. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Holanda, E.C.; Ferigolo, J.; Ribeiro, A.M. 2011: New Tapirus species (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) from the upper Pleistocene of Amazonia, Brazil. Journal of mammalogy 92(1): 111–120. DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-144.1 Reference page.

Links

Tapirus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Tapirus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

беларуская: Тапіры
български: Тапир
বাংলা: টাপির
català: Tapir
Deutsch: Tapir
English: Tapir
Esperanto: Tapiro
français: Tapir
日本語: バク属
português do Brasil: Anta
ไทย: สมเสร็จ, ผสมเสร็จ
Türkçe: Tapir
українська: Тапіри
中文: 貘属

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