Prehistoric tapirs

species of mammal

Protapirus (Latin: "before" (pro), + Brazilian Indian: "tapir" (tapira)) is an extinct genus of tapir known from the Oligocene and Miocene of North America and Eurasia.

species of mammal

Miotapirus harrisonensis is an extinct species of tapir lived during the early Miocene Epoch some 20 million years ago in North America.

species of mammal

extinct species of North American Tapir

species of mammal (fossil)

Colodon is an extinct genus of herbivorous mammals that were related to tapirs of today.

Plesiotapirus is an extinct genus of tapir from the Miocene of Asia. A single species is usually considered valid, Plesiotapirus yagii.