IRMNG - Tapirus Brisson, 1762

IRMNG taxon details

Tapirus Brisson, 1762

IRMNG_ID

1303166 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1303166)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tapiridae Gray, 1821

Synonymised names

Acrocodia Goldman, 1913 · unaccepted

Chinchecus Trouessart, 1898 · unaccepted

Cinchacus Gray, 1873 · unaccepted

Elasmoganthus Palmer, 1904 · unaccepted

Elasmognathus Gill, 1865 · unaccepted

Helicotapirus Hulbert, 2010 † · unaccepted

Hydrochoerus Gray, 1821 · unaccepted > nomen nudum

Meyeriscus Spassov & Ginsburg, 1999 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (currently accepted as subgenus)

Pinchacus Hershkovitz, 1954 · unaccepted

Rhinochoerus Wagler, 1830 · unaccepted

Syspotamus Billberg, 1827 · unaccepted

Tapir Blumenbach, 1779 † · unaccepted

Tapirella Palmer, 1903 · unaccepted

Tapirussa Frisch, 1775 · unaccepted

Tapyra Liais, 1872 † · unaccepted

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Species Tapirus bairdii (Gill, 1865)
Species Tapirus indicus Desmarest, 1819
Species Tapirus pinchaque (Roulin, 1829)
Species Tapirus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Reg. Anim.
page(s): 81 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Nom. cons. (Opinion 1894, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1998).

Taxonomic remark Nom. cons. (Opinion 1894, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1998). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Tapirus Brisson, 1762. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1303166 on 2025-01-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Reg. Anim.
page(s): 81 [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Helicotapirus Hulbert, 2010 †) Article title: A NEW EARLY PLEISTOCENE TAPIR (MAMMALIA: PERISSODACTYLA) FROM FLORIDA, WITH A REVIEW OF BLANCAN TAPIRS FROM THE STATE. [details]

original description (of Helicotapirus Hulbert, 2010 †) Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49.
page(s): 78 [details]

original description (of Tapir Blumenbach, 1779 †) Handb. Naturges.
page(s): 129 [details]

original description (of Cinchacus Gray, 1873) Hand-List edent. thick-skin. Mamm. Brit. Mus.
page(s): 34 [details]

original description (of Acrocodia Goldman, 1913) Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 26
page(s): 65 [details]

original description (of Tapirella Palmer, 1903) Science, (N. S.) 17
page(s): 873 [details]

original description (of Tapyra Liais, 1872 †) Climats Géol. Faune Géog. Bot. Brésil
page(s): 397 [details]

original description (of Elasmognathus Gill, 1865) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1865
page(s): 183 [details]

original description (of Rhinochoerus Wagler, 1830) Wagler, J. (1830). Natürliches System der Amphibien mit vorangehender Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel : ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. München, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J. G. Cotta. vi+354 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120243
page(s): 17 [details]

original description (of Syspotamus Billberg, 1827) Syn. Faunae Scand., 1 (1), Tab. A dorso. [details]

original description (of Chinchecus Trouessart, 1898) Cat. Mamm., n. ed., 2 (4)
page(s): 769 [details]

original description (of Elasmoganthus Palmer, 1904) N. Amer. Fauna, No. 23
page(s): 254 [details]

original description (of Meyeriscus Spassov & Ginsburg, 1999 †) Ann Paleontol 85 (4), octobre-decembre
page(s): 273 [details]

Unreviewed

Nomenclatural status nomen conservandum [details]

Taxonomic remark Nom. cons. (Opinion 1894, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1998). [details]

Type species as cited Hippopotamus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758. [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Meyeriscus Spassov & Ginsburg, 1999 †)
To BioNames database (from synonym Acrocodia Goldman, 1913)
To BioNames database (from synonym Tapirella Palmer, 1903)
To BioNames database (from synonym Helicotapirus Hulbert, 2010 †)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Meyeriscus Spassov & Ginsburg, 1999 †)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Helicotapirus Hulbert, 2010 †)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Tapirella Palmer, 1903)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Acrocodia Goldman, 1913)