Order: Perissodactyla .28odd-toed ungulates.29 List of South American mammals

lowland tapir

the odd-toed ungulates browsing , grazing mammals. large large, , have relatively simple stomachs , large middle toe. following interchange north america, south america s odd-toed ungulates included equids of genus equus tapirs. equids died out in both north , south america around time of first arrival of humans, while tapirs died out in of north america survived in central , south america. south america once had great diversity of ungulates of native origin, these dwindled after interchange north america, , disappeared entirely following arrival of humans. sequencing of collagen fossils of 1 extinct species each of notoungulates , litopterns has indicated these orders comprise sister group perissodactyls. if, evidence suggests, perissodactyls originated in india, both ungulate groups may have been of gondwanan origin, despite being laurasiatheres.

family: tapiridae (tapirs)

genus: tapirus

baird s tapir tapirus bairdii en
little black tapir tapirus kabomani
mountain tapir tapirus pinchaque en
lowland tapir tapirus terrestris vu








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