Tapirus veroensis

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Tapirus veroensis

Know by partial skeletons (teeh, leg bones, etc.) found in Caves like Sassafras, central and eastern United States of America, during the late Pleistocene. Know primarily by Rancholabrean age.

Find many bone photos here:
paleoenterprises.com/tapirs.htm

More info in this PDF:
www.caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/V64/v64n2-Czaplewski.pdf

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Eshelman, Ralph E., Lowery, Darrin, Grady, Frederick, Wagner, Dan and McDonald, H. Gregory. (2018). Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) Mammalian Assemblage from Paw Paw Cove, Tilghman Island, Maryland. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 102: vi + 15 pages, 4 figures, 1 table.

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Graham, Russell W. et al. (In Press, 2018). Juvenile Pleistocene tapir skull from Russells Reserve Cave, Bath County, Virginia: Implications for cold climate adaptations. Quaternary International. doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.06.021 [Abstract]