Tapirus greslebini

Tapirus greslebini is an extinct species of tapir that lived in South America during the Pleistocene.

Tapirus greslebini Temporal range: Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Tapiridae
Genus:	Tapirus
Species:	†T. greslebini
Binomial name
†Tapirus greslebini Rusconi, 1934

It was originally described by Carlos Rusconi in 1934, from remains collected in the Puelchense sands of Villa Ballester in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[1]

T. greslebini is one of seven Pleistocene South American tapirs to be considered valid.^[2]