Tapirus polkensis

Tapirus polkensis, the pygmy tapir, is a small prehistoric tapir that lived in North America during the late Miocene and early Pliocene. T. polkensis had an estimated mass of around 125 kg (276 lb), making it smaller than any extant tapir.

The Gray Fossil Site in northeast Tennessee is home to the world's largest known fossil assemblage of T. polkensis.

References

1. Tapirus
2. Tapirus johnsoni
3. Gray Fossil Site
4. Western North Carolina Nature Center
5. List of the Cenozoic life of Florida
6. List of the prehistoric life of Florida
7. List of the Cenozoic life of Nebraska
8. List of the prehistoric life of Tennessee
9. List of the prehistoric life of Nebraska
10. Polk County, Florida paleontological sites
11. Valentine Formation