Family

Tapiridae

4 species · Animals

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Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Perissodactyla › Tapiridae

South American Tapir

Tapirus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tapirus terrestris, the South American tapir, is a Perissodactyla tapir native to Amazonian South America.

Mountain Tapir

Tapirus pinchaque (Roulin, 1829)

Tapirus pinchaque, the mountain tapir, is a woolly Andean tapir, an endangered herbivorous keystone seed disperser.

Malayan Tapir

Acrocodia indica (Desmarest, 1819)

Acrocodia indica, the Malayan tapir, is the largest living tapir species native to Southeast Asian tropical forests.

Baird's Tapir

Tapirella bairdii (Gill, 1865)

Baird's tapir (Tapirella bairdii) is a large, muscular ungulate with a flexible proboscis that lives across a wide range of Central and South American habitats.

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