Tapirus

== Translingual == === Etymology === A New Latin formation from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira. === Proper noun === Tapirus m A taxonomic genus within the family Tapiridae – tapirs. ==== Hypernyms ==== (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria – infraclass; Perissodactyla – order; Tapiridae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Tapirus bairdii (Baird's tapir), Tapirus indicus (Malayan tapir), Tapirus pinchaque (mountain tapir), Tapirus terrestris (Brazilian tapir) – accepted extant species ==== Derived terms ==== †Eotapirus †Miotapirus †Nexuotapirus †Paratapirus †Plesiotapirus †Protapirus === References === Tapirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Tapirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Tapirus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Tapirus at National Center for Biotechnology Information Tapirus in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.