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Tapirus californicus, the California tapir, is an extinct species of tapir that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene. It became extinct about 13,000 years ago. [1] Like other perissodactyls, tapirs originated in North America and lived on the North American continent for most of the Cenozoic Era.
They are the South American tapir, the Malayan tapir, Baird's tapir, and the mountain tapir. In 2013, a group of researchers said they had identified a fifth species of tapir, the kabomani tapir . However, the existence of the kabomani tapir as a distinct species has been widely disputed, and recent genetic evidence further suggests that it ...
† California tapir [45] [15] † Tapirus californicus: One jaw with teeth and two phalanges A small species of tapir known from few remains at La Brea. The taxonomic status of many North American tapirs is debated and many of the species may be synonyms of each other. † Mexican horse [11] [12] [46] † Equus conversidens
A living Tapirus, or tapir Tapirus †Tapirus californicus †Tapirus merriami – type locality for species †Tapocyon; Taranis; Taricha; Taxidea †Taxidea taxus; Tayassu; Tegula †Tegula aureotincta †Tegula eiseni †Tegula ligulata; Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras †Teleoceras; Tellina †Temnocyon; Tenagodus ...
It compares the overkill hypothesis (predator hunting = 0) with second-order predation (predator hunting varied between 0.01 and 0.05 for different runs). The findings are that second-order predation is more consistent with extinction than is overkill [ 169 ] [ 170 ] (results graph at left).
Tapirs have a long history on the North American continent. Fossils of ancient tapirs in North America can be dated back to 50 million-year-old Eocene rocks on Ellesmere Island, Canada, which was then a temperate climate. [1] By 13 million years before present, tapirs very much like extant tapirs existed in Southern California. [2]
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Invasive species in California, the introduced species of fauna−animals and flora−plants that are established and have naturalized within California. Native plants and animals can become threatened endangered species from the spread of invasive species in natural habitats and/or developed areas (e.g. agriculture, transport, settlement).