After Schoch, 1989, Albright III, 1998 and Spassov & Ginsburg, 1999
<==o Tapiridae Burnett, 1830 (tapiirit) |--o †Nexuotapirus Albright, 1998 ["Nexuotapirinae"] | |-- †N. marslandensis (Schoch & Prins, in Schoch, 1984) sensu Albright, 1998 [Miotapirus marslandensis Schoch & Prins, in Schoch, 1984; ?Miotapirus harrisonensis Schlaikjer, 1937 sensu McDonald, 1970] | `-- †N. robustus (Sinclair, 1901) sensu Albright, 1998 [Protapirus robustus Sinclair, 1901] `--o "Tapirinae" |?- †Plesiocolopirus hancocki (Radinsky, 1963) Schoch, 1989b, in Prothero & Schoch, 1989 [Colodon? hancocki Radinsky, 1963] |--o †Protapirus Filhol, 1877 | |?- †P. bavaricus (Oettingen-Spielberg, 1952) | |-- †P. simplex [incl. P. validus Hatcher, 1896] | |-- †P. obliquidens Wortman & Earle, 1893 | `-- †P. priscus (Filhol, 1874) Filhol, 1877 |-- †Eotapirus broennimani (Schaub & Hürzeler, 1948) |-- †Palaeotapirus Filhol, 1888 |-- †Paratapirus intermedius (Filhol, 1885) Depéret, 1902 |-- †Tapiravus validus (Marsh, 1871b) Marsh, 1877 |-- †Megatapirus Matthew & Granger, 1923a |?- †Miotapirus harrisonensis Schlaikjer, 1937 `--o Tapirus Brünnich, 1772 (nyky-tapiirit) [Synonyms] |?- †T. roulini |?-+-- †T. priscus (Kaup, 1833) | |-- †T. balkanicus Spassov & Ginsburg, 1999 | |-- †T. jeanpiveteaui Boeuf, 1991 | `-- †T. arvernensis |?- †T. antiquus Kaup, 1833 |?- †T. telleri Hofmann, 1893 |?-o (Meyeriscus) Spassov & Ginsburg, 1999 | |-- †T. (M.) hungaricus H.V. Meyer, 1867 | `-- †T. (M.) pannonicus (Kretzoi, 1951) [Tapiriscus pannonicus Kretzoi, 1951] |-- T. (Tapirella) bairdii (bairdintapiiri) |-- T. (Acrocodia) indicus (intiantapiiri) `--o (Tapirus) Brünnich, 1772 (amerikantapiirit) |-- †T. (T.) haysii |-- †T. (T.) merriami |-- †T. (T.) californicus |-- †T. (T.) veroensis |-- T. (T.) terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) Brünnich, 1772 (amerikantapiiri) `-- T. (T.) pinchaque (vuoritapiiri)
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