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Taxon: Genus Tapirus Brisson, 1762 - tapirs (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation M.J. Brisson, 1762, nom. cons.
Original name Brisson, M.J. 1762. Reg. Anim. (ed. 2): 12, 81.
Original rank
Original spelling

Attributes

Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV] Ref: ICZN, 1998. Opinion 1894: 64.

Types

Type ofTapiridae (Family) Gray, 1821
Type, by original designationTapirus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Variants

Incorrect authorshipTapirus (Genus) Brünnich, 1772

Synonyms

Synonymous nameAcrocodia (Genus) Goldman, 1913 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 124.
Synonymous nameCinchacus (Genus) Gray, 1873 Ref: PBDB: 26 Jul 2015.
Synonymous namePinchacus (Genus) Hershkovitz, 1954 Ref: PBDB: 26 Jul 2015.
Synonymous nameRhinochoerus (Genus) Wagler, 1830 Ref: PBDB: 26 Jul 2015.
Synonymous nameSyspotamus (Genus) Billberg, 1827 Ref: PBDB: 26 Jul 2015.
Synonymous nameTapir (Genus) Blumenbach, 1779 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameTapyra (Genus) Liais, 1872 Ref: PBDB: 26 Jul 2015.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full nametapirs

Vernacular Names (English)

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