| Vero Tapir | |
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| Jaw fossil of a Vero Tapir | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Superfamily: | Tapiroidea |
| Family: | Tapiridae |
| Genus: | Tapirus |
| Species: | †T. veroensis' |
Tapirus veroensis is an extinct species of American Tapir from Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, and Tennessee. They lived relatively recently going extinct around 11,000 years ago[1]. As with most tapirs, they ate plants with their trunk. They have been found in temperate climates which can reach subfreezing in the winter[2].
History[]
The first complete skull of Tapirus veroensis was found at a dig site in Vero Beach, Florida (which it's named after) in 1915[1].