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Tapirus sanyuanensis vs Tapirus augustus



Tapirus augustus (previously Megatapirus) was the biggest tapir to ever live, as the outdated genus name suggests. This species belonged to a lineage of chronospecies that went from Tapirus sanyuanensis to Tapirus sinensis and arrived at Tapirus augustus. 

 

 

Throughout this lineage, the cingulums (the outermost circle of the molars/premolars became progressively thinner, and the lophs became less and less wrinkled. Size got bigger too.

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Chinese Cave Mammals

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