''Tapirus rioplatensis'' is an extinct species of

tapir Tapirs ( ) are large, herbivorous mammals belonging to the family Tapiridae. They are similar in shape to a pig, with a short, prehensile nose trunk. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South and Central America, with one species inhabit ...

that lived in South American swamps and forests during the

Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological Epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fina ...

and was probably the ancestor of all South American tapirs alive today.Ferrero, B. S., Brandoni, D., Noriega, J. I., & Carlini, A. A. (2007). Mamíferos de la Formación El Palmar (Pleistoceno tardío) de la provincia de Entre Ríos, Argentina. ''Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales'', 9(2), 109–117.

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Prehistoric tapirs Prehistoric mammals of South America {{paleo-oddtoedungulate-stub