Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Perissodactyla

Subsequent positions

Tapiroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825

Original entries

Questionably †Eotapirus (Genus) Cerdeno & Ginsburg, 1988
Questionably Megatapirus (Genus) Matthew & Granger, 1923
Questionably †Miotapirus (Genus) Schlaikjer, 1937
Questionably †Palaeotapirus (Genus) Filhol, 1888
Questionably †Plesiotapirus (Genus) Qiu, Yan & Sun, 1991
Questionably †Protapirus (Genus) Filhol, 1877
Questionably †Tapiravus (Genus) Marsh, 1877
Questionably †Tapiriscus (Genus) Kretzoi, 1951

Subsequent entries

Tapirus (Genus) Brisson, 1762

Current position

Tapiroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 489.

Alternative positions

Ceratomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.

Historical positions

Ceratomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 633.
Tapiroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 489.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: 1995
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 370; 6.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 124.
Tapiroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 645.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1057.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Tapiroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Ceratomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;4s;6ss; ‡1g; †7g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Jan 2015	[1g;4s;6ss; ‡1g; †7g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	1g;4s
2005	P. Grubb: 634	[1g;4s;6ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1g; ‡1g; †7g]
1993	P. Grubb	1g;4s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1g];4s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1g;4s
1973-1975	B. Grzimek	1g4s