Colodon

Colodon is an extinct genus of herbivorous mammals that were related to tapirs of today.^[2]

Colodon Temporal range: Late Eocene - Early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	†Helaletidae
Genus:	†Colodon Marsh, 1890
Type species
†Colodon occidentalis Leidy, 1868
Species[1]
C. angulatus C. kayi C. occidentalis C. stovalli C. woodi

Taxonomy

Species of Colodon were originally placed within the genus Lophiodon but were later found to be distinct.^[3]

Description

Colodon had small or absent canines and short, broad cheek teeth. The skull had a greatly enlarged narial incision and greatly reduced nasals. Similarities between the skulls of Colodon and true tapirs suggest it may have had a very small trunk as well.^[3]

Colodon first appeared in the Late Eocene and lasted until the Whitneyan.