Definition of Genus Tapirus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Tapiridae.

Exact synonyms: Tapirus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Tapiridae, Tapiridae
Member holonyms: Tapir

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tapirus

genus Tachyglossus
genus Tachypleus
genus Tadarida
genus Tadorna
genus Taenia
genus Tagetes
genus Talinum
genus Tamandua
genus Tamarindus
genus Tamarix
genus Tamias
genus Tamiasciurus
genus Tamus
genus Tanacetum
genus Tantilla
genus Tapirus (current term)
genus Taraktagenos
genus Taraktogenos
genus Taraxacum
genus Taricha
genus Tarpon
genus Tarrietia
genus Tarsius
genus Taurotragus
genus Tautoga
genus Tautogolabrus
genus Taxidea
genus Taxodium
genus Taxus

Literary usage of Genus Tapirus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"... Pteronura, a genus of otters; Inia, a peculiar form of dolphin inhabiting the upper waters of the Amazon ; tapirs of the genus Tapirus (a distinct genus ..."

2. Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1873)
"... and as sharing with characters ofthat Eocene genus peculiarities which belong to the existing genus Tapirus. Having obtained a large series of remains ..."

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