Giant tapir
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giant-tapir-181-15004842
title:
Giant tapir
text:
The giant tapir is an extinct species of tapir that lived in southern China, Vietnam and Laos, with reports suggesting it also lived in Taiwan, Java, and potentially Borneo. The species has been recorded from Middle and Late Pleistocene. There is only weak evidence for a Holocene survival. Tapirus augustus was larger than any living tapir, with an estimated weight of about 623 kilograms (1,373 lb). The species was also placed in its own genus of Megatapirus, however, it is now conventionally pla
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct species of mammal
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_tapir
date created:
2008-04-11T01:55:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T00:19:05Z
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13
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