Despite being an extinct genus of South American ungulate with a strong resemblance to dinoceratans, Carodnia is the largest mammal known from the Eocene of South America which would have been a tapir-sized animal.
Carodnia is an extinct genus of South American ungulate known from the Early Eocene of Brazil, Argentina, and Peru. It bore strong resemblances to dinoceratans, although without tusks or ossicones. Carodnia is the largest mammal known from the Eocene of South America. In life, it would have been a tapir-sized animal. 
