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Tapirus terrestris terrestris  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 926187

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Tapir americanus Gmelin, 1788
  
    Tapirus laurillardi Gray, 1868
  
    Tapir maypuri Roulin, 1829
  
    Tapirus rufus G. Fischer [von Waldheim], 1814
  
    Tapyra sabatyra Liais, 1872
  
    Tapir suillus Blumenbach, 1779
  
    Hydrochaerus tapir Erxleben, 1777
  
    Tapirus tapirus Merriam, 1895
  
    Tapirus terrestris guianae J. A. Allen, 1916
  
    Tapirus americanus mexianae Hagmann, 1908
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPerissodactyla Owen, 1848 – antas, Odd-toed Ungulates  
                                  FamilyTapiridae Gray, 1821 – Tapirs  
                                     GenusTapirus Brisson, 1762  
                                        SpeciesTapirus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) – South American Tapir, Brazilian Tapir  
                                           SubspeciesTapirus terrestris terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2000   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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