Tapirus pinchaque

(Roulin, 1829)

Mountain Tapir

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Perissodactyla
Suborder : Ceratomorpha
Family : Tapiridae
Genus : Tapirus
Subgenus : Tapirus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., 18, 46

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6011916

Original name as described

Tapir pinchaque

Other common names

Andean Tapir · Woolly Tapir

Type material

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Páramo de Sumapaz, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006118

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Tapirus leucogenys

J. E. Gray, 1872

Family

Tapiridae

Root name

leucogenys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1872.1.24.3, BMNH:Mamm:1872.1.24.4

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/854bf420-22df-4f19-abb8-700053751c3c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d96ffe9b-9d83-4368-9a19-c2647ec2c6b7

Authority page

488

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28611874

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)

Tapir pinchaque

(Roulin, 1829)

Family

Tapiridae

Root name

pinchaque

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6011916

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Tapirus Roulinii

J. B. Fischer, 1830

Family

Tapiridae

Root name

roulinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

604

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)

Tapirus andicola

Gloger, 1841

Family

Tapiridae

Root name

andicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

124

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13515434

Authority publication

Breslau

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)

Tapirus pinchaque

Jardine, 1836

Family

Tapiridae

Root name

pinchaque

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18064547

Authority publication

Naturalist's Library

Name usages

  1. Jardine (1836:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18064547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39772)
  2. Lesson (1842:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  7. Groves & Grubb (2011:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21473/45173922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinochoerus villosus

(Wagler, 1830)

Family

Tapiridae

Root name

villosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

17 (footnote 2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965767

Authority publication

Munich

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)

Tapirus pinchacus

de Blainville, 1846

Family

Tapiridae

Root name

pinchacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

pls. I-v

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)

Tapirus roulini

de Blainville, 1846

Family

Tapiridae

Root name

roulini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

22

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)

Tapirus pinchacus

J. E. Gray, 1868

Family

Tapiridae

Root name

pinchacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

884

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29534326

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Tapirus roulini

P. L. Sclater, 1870

Family

Tapiridae

Root name

roulini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · subsequent_usage

Authority page

51

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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