Tapirus johnsoni is an extinct species of tapir that lived in Nebraska during the Pliocene epoch.

Tapirus johnsoni
Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
Genus: Tapirus
Species:
T. johnsoni
Binomial name
Tapirus johnsoni
Schultz et al., 1975

Tapirus johnsoni is one of the older known tapirs and shows an increase in size from the earlier Tapirus polkensis. It was described in 1975 together with Tapirus simpsoni.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Schultz, C.B.; Martin, L.D.; Corner, R.G. (1975). "Middle and Late Ceno Middle and Late Cenozoic Tapirs fr apirs from Nebr om Nebraska". Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 10 (1).