Abstract: The tapirid fossils from the Neogene deposits are relatively scarce, mainly including isolated teeth. In Europe, some Miocene specimens of the genus Tapirus were found, among which,the earliest species was Tapirus telleri established by Hofmann (1893) from Goriach in Austria, and Opole 2 in Poland with the age of Astaracian(MN 6). Another widespread species was Tapirus priscus established by Kaup(1833) from Eppelsheim, Westhofen, and Wissberg in Ger-many, Can Llobateres in Spain, Priay in France, Biedermannsdorf in Austria, and Rudabanya in Hungary, with the age of Vallesian (MN 9)(Heissig,1999). Zdansky (1935) reported the Late Miocene Tapirus leilhardi from Wuxiang, Shanxi, but its locality and age were inexact.Recently, the anterior portion of a juvenile skull and mandible(IVPP V 15523) was found from the upper red clays of the Liushu Formation at Shilei(IVPP LX 0031) in Guanghe, Linxia, and then the anterior portion of an adult skull(V 15522) was found from the same horizon at Wangjiashan(LX 0501) in Hezheng, Linxia. The discovery fills the gap and vacuum in evolution of Tapiridae in East Asia, because the origin of the Quatemary tapirs in China has been uncertain. IVPP LX and IVPP V are the locality and specimen prefixes of Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, respectively. Terminology of lower cheek teeth is according to Qiu and Wang(2007, fig.7) for perissodactyls.