貘
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![]() 中美貘 T. bairdii
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貘(另有一種寫法「獏」)係奇蹄目貘科貘屬(學名:Tapirus)嘅動物。體型好似豬,但係略大,鼻圓長,可以自由伸縮,尾短皮厚,毛少且長,前肢四趾,後肢三趾,擅長游水。現存嘅貘屬動物可以分做山貘、中美貘、南美貘、卡波馬尼貘同馬來貘5種,前4種都分佈喺美洲,只有馬來貘一種分佈喺東南亞。貘亦係南美洲現存體形最大嘅陸生哺乳動物。
種類
[編輯]現存
[編輯]新世界
[編輯]- 中美貘,Tapirus bairdii (Gill, 1865)
- 南美貘,Tapirus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- 卡波馬尼貘, Tapirus kabomani (Cozzuol et al., 2003[1])
- 山貘, Tapirus pinchaque (Roulin, 1829)
舊世界
[編輯]- 馬來貘, Tapirus indicus (Desmarest, 1819)
滅絕咗
[編輯]- 巨貘 Tapirus augustus (Matthew & Granger, 1923) †
- 加州貘 Tapirus californicus (Merriam, 1912) †
- 科普貘 Tapirus copei (Simpson, 1945) †
- 冠貘 Tapirus cristatellus (Winge, 1906) †
- Tapirus greslebini (Rusconi, 1934) †
- 約翰遜貘 Tapirus johnsoni (Rusconi, 1934) †
- Tapirus lundeliusi (Hulbert, 2010) †
- Tapirus merriami (Frick, 1921) †
- Tapirus mesopotamicus (Ferrero & Noriega, 2007) †
- Tapirus oliverasi (Ubilla, 1983) †
- Tapirus polkensis (Olsen, 1860) †
- Tapirus rioplatensis (Cattoi, 1957) †
- Tapirus rondoniensis (Holanda et al., 2011) †
- Tapirus tarijensis (Ameghino, 1902) †
- 維洛貘 Tapirus veroensis (Sellards, 1918) †
- Tapirus webbi (Hulbert, 2005) †
參考
[編輯]- ↑ Hance, Jeremy. "Scientists make one of the biggest animal discoveries of the century: a new tapir". Mongabay. 喺17 December 2013搵到.
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