Tapirus haysii

Tapirus haysii is an extinct species of tapir that inhabited North America during the early to middle Pleistocene Epoch (~2.5–1 Ma).^[1] These fossil remains of two juvenile T. haysii were collected in Hillsborough County, Florida on 31 August 1963.^[2] It was classified as the second largest North American tapir; the first being T. merriami.^[3]

Tapirus haysii Temporal range: 2.5–1 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Pleistocene–Middle Pleistocene
A skull held at the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Tapiridae
Genus:	Tapirus
Species:	†T. haysii
Binomial name
†Tapirus haysii Leidy 1859[1]
Synonyms
Tapirus copei‍[2]

Taxonomy

Tapirus copei is a junior synonym.^[4] Taprirus haysii is placed in the subgenus Helicotapirus, which also includes Tapirus veroensis and Tapirus lundeliusi.^[4]