Museum, University of Nebraska State
Date of this Version
1975
Document Type
Article
Citation
BULLETIN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM, VOLUME 10, NUMBER 1, PART 1, February, 1975. ISSN 0093-6812
Abstract
The distribution and evolution of Late Cenozoic tapirs are discussed and the forms present in Nebraska are reported. Two new species are described from the Ogallala Pliocene of Nebraska, ?Tapirus johnsoni and ?T. simpsoni. Tapirs are known in Nebraska from the Early Oligocene through the Middle Pleistocene. The northern limit of the distribution of the tapirs contracts gradually southward in North America throughout the Tertiary, and even during the Pleistocene interglacials Nebraska must have been near the northern limit of their range.
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Copyright © 1975 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska