Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                 Superorder Mesaxonia (Marsh, 1884)
                   Order Perissodactyla Owen, 1848 - odd-toed ungulates
                     Suborder Ceratomorpha Wood, 1937
                       Superfamily Tapiroidea Gray, 1825
                         Family Tapiridae Gray, 1821 - tapirs
                           Genus Tapirus Brisson, 1762 - tapirs
                             Tapirus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) - South American tapir