| 词条 | Tapirus copei |
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| name = Tapirus copei | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|2.5|1}}Early Pleistocene–Middle Pleistocene | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Mammalia | ordo = Perissodactyla | superfamilia = Tapiroidea | familia = Tapiridae | familia_authority = Gray, 1821 | genus = Tapirus | genus_authority = Brünnich, 1772 | species = T. copei | binomial = Tapirus copei | binomial_authority = Simpson 1945[1] | synonyms = Tapirus haysii[2]}}Tapirus copei, commonly known as Cope's Tapir, is an extinct species of tapir that inhabited North America during the early to middle Pleistocene Epoch (~2.5-1 Ma).[3] The fossil remains of two juvenile Tapirus copei were collected in Hillsborough County, Florida on 31 August 1963.[2] It was the second largest North American tapir; the first being Tapirus merriami.[1] TaxonomyThere are multiple pieces of evidence which indicate most, if not all, of the 5 accepted Pleistocene tapir species found in the United States (T. californicus, T. haysii (T. copei), T. lundeliusi, T. merriami, T. veroensis) may actually belong to the same species. T. californicus was considered to be a subspecies of T. haysii by Merriam,[3] T. californicus and T. veroensis are nearly impossible to distinguish morphologically and occupy the same time frame,[4] being separated only by location, and T. haysii, T. veroensis, and T. lundeliusi are already considered so closely related that they occupy the same subgenus (Helicotapirus).[5] Additionally, few details distinguish T. haysii and T. veroensis except size, date, and wear of teeth;[6] and the intermediate sizes overlap greatly with many specimens originally assigned to one species, then later switched over to another.[6] References1. ^1 {{cite book|last=Kurtén|first=Björn|title=Pleistocene Mammals of North America|isbn=0231516967|page=293|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f8pviaxPIKEC&pg=PA293&lpg=PA293&dq=Tapirus+copei&source=bl&ots=rDYxIE1u6r&sig=SbtGUR5dC3J-yjvToCw3eER2d8g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ly22Up_8BaPL2wX1y4HwBw&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Tapirus%20copei&f=false}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q16992948}}{{paleo-oddtoedungulate-stub}}2. ^http://collections.si.edu/search/record/nmnhpaleobiology_3447081 3. ^{{cite web|title=Tapirus haysii californicus|url=http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=161430|accessdate=12 March 2017}} 4. ^{{cite journal|last1=Jefferson|first1=George T.|title=Late Cenozoic Tapirs (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) of Western North America|journal=Contributions in Science|date=August 14, 1989|issue=406|url=http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS406.pdf}} 5. ^1 {{cite journal|last1=Hulbert|first1=Richard Jr.|title=A new early Pleistocene tapir (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from Florida, with a review of Blancan tapirs from the state|journal=Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History|date=September 30, 2010|volume=49|issue=3|pages=67–126|url=http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/files/6713/9447/0157/bulletin-vol49no3.pdf}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Tapirus haysii|url=https://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/species/tapirus-haysii|website=Florida Museum of Natural History|accessdate=12 March 2017}} 3 : Prehistoric tapirs|Quaternary mammals of North America|Fossil taxa described in 1945 |
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