"There is little hope of discovering new species of large quadrupeds"
Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)
Even within his own lifetime, the famous French naturalist saw himself proven wrong time and time again. Who would have guessed, though, that even now - in 2013 - a new species of large mammal (one of the largest in South America!) was waiting to be discovered? Yet that was what happened earlier this week with the discovery of the world's fifth - and smallest - species of tapir!
Scientists make one of the biggest animal discoveries of the century: a new tapir
In honor of this exciting new discovery, here's a Sporcle Quiz devoted to just a few of the other many, many times that good old Cuvier was proven wrong.
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