Tapirus merriami

Tapirus merriami
Temporal range: 2.8–0.012 Ma
Middle-Late Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
Genus: Tapirus
Species:
T. merriami
Binomial name
Tapirus merriami
Frick, 1921

Tapirus merriami, commonly called Merriam's tapir, is an extinct species of tapir which inhabited North America during the Pleistocene.