Megatapirus augustus
| Giant Tapir Temporal range: to early Holocene |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Superfamily: | Tapiroidea |
| Family: | Tapiridae |
| Genus: | Tapirus |
| Species: | T. augustus |
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Tapirus augustus Matthew & Granger; 1923 |
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The giant tapir (Tapirus augustus) is an extinct tapir that lived in southern China, reports also suggest it also lived in Java and Vietnam. It appeared soon after the and perhaps survived up until the early Holocene. It was larger than modern tapirs, estimations range from 2.1 metres (6.9 ft) long and 0.9 metres (3.0 ft) tall at the shoulders to 3.5 metres (11 ft) long, and 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) metres tall at the shoulders. It may have weighed up to 500 kilograms (1,100 lb). Originally placed in its own subgenus Megatapirus, the species is now conventionally placed within Tapirus.
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