INVESTIGADORES
FERRERO Brenda Soledad
artículos
Título:
A taxonomic and biogeographic review of the fossil tapirs from Bolivia
Autor/es:
FERRERO BRENDA SOLEDAD; SOIBELZON ESTEBAN; HOLANDA CELESTINO ELIZETE; GASPARINI GERMÁN; ZURITA ALFREDO; MIÑO BOILINI ÁNGEL
Revista:
ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA
Editorial:
INST PALEOBIOLOGII PAN
Referencias:
Lugar: Varsovia; Año: 2014 vol. 59 p. 505 - 516
ISSN:
0567-7920
Resumen:
Fossil remains of South American tapirs are often fragmentary and scarce compared with those of other mammals that entered South America during the "Great American Biotic Interchange". Here, we review and add to the Pleistocene tapir remains from the Valley of Tarija (Bolivia), and provide a taxonomic re-evaluation of Tapirus tarijensis. T. tarijensis is a large-sized taxon, approximating the size of the living Malaysian T. indicus and extinct North American T. haysii. The geographical distribution of Pleistocene records of Tapirus in South America indicates that T. tarijensis was the only known species inhabiting the Valley of Tarija during this time.
