Tapirus Brisson 1762

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Perissodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 629-636 : 633

Tapirus Brisson 1762

Tapirus Brisson 1762 , Regn. Anim., 2nd ed.: 12.

Type Species: Hippopotamus terrestris Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Acrocodia Goldman 1913 ; Chinchecus Trouessart 1898 ; Cinchacus Gray 1873 ; Elasmognathus Gill 1865 ; Hydrochoerus Gray 1821 ; Pinchacus Hershkovitz 1954 ; Rhinochoerus Wagler 1830 ; Syspotamus Billburg 1827 ; Tapir Blumenbach 1779 ; Tapyra Liais 1872 ; Tapirella Palmer 1903 ; Tapirussa Frisch 1775 .

Species and subspecies: 4 species with 6 subspecies:

Species Tapirus bairdii Gill 1865

Species Tapirus indicus Desmarest 1819

Subspecies Tapirus indicus subsp. indicus Desmarest 1819

Subspecies Tapirus indicus subsp. brevetianus Kuiper 1926

Species Tapirus pinchaque Roulin 1829

Species Tapirus terrestris ( Linnaeus 1758)

Subspecies Tapirus terrestris subsp. terrestris Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Tapirus terrestris subsp. aenigmaticus Gray 1872

Subspecies Tapirus terrestris subsp. colombianus Hershkovitz 1954

Subspecies Tapirus terrestris subsp. spegazzinii Amhegino 1916

Discussion: The genus is available from Brisson, 1762 (Opinion 1894, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1998). Nominate T. terrestris group also includes T. pinchaque ; analysis of mtDNA indicates that T. terrestris and T. pinchaque are sister species ( Ashley et al., 1996); T. bairdii or Tapirella group is monotypic; T. indicus or Acrocodia group is monotypic among living forms; Acrocodia separated as a genus by Eisenberg et al. (1987).