Megatapirus

Megatapirus Temporal range: Pleistocene
fossil Megatapirus augustus skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Superfamily:	Tapiroidea
Family:	Tapiridae
Genus:	Megatapirus
Species:	M. augustus
Binomial name
Megatapirus augustus Matthew & Granger, 1923

Megatapirus is an extinct genus of tapir found in several location in China. It was 7 feet (2.1 m) long and about 3 feet (0.91 m) high. It is also called the giant tapir.

Sources

• Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell
• Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas
• Colbert's Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time by Edwin H. Colbert, Michael Morales, and Eli C. Minkoff

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