Tapirus webbi

Tapirus webbi is an extinct species of tapir that once lived in North America during the Late Miocene subepoch.^[1] It was originally believed to be identical to Tapirus simpsoni,^[2] and it is known only from Alachua County and Levy County in northern Florida.^[1]

Tapirus webbi Temporal range: 9.5–8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Late Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Tapiridae
Genus:	Tapirus
Species:	†T. webbi
Binomial name
†Tapirus webbi Hulbert, 2005

Palaeoecology

At Love Bone Bed, the ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr values for T. webbi were substantially higher than those of the equids and proboscideans. This almost certainly is reflective of the diet of T. webbi consisting of high amounts of aquatic plants.^[3]