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The South American tapir, aka Brazilian tapir, Amazonian tapir, maned tapir, lowland tapir, anta, or la sachavaca, is the largest remaining native terrestrial mammal left in the Amazon. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, ranching, and logging; hunting […]

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The mountain tapir, aka Andean tapir or woolly tapir, can be found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. They prefer alpine meadows, mid & high-level montane cloud forests, and páramo grasslands, aka treeless moorlands. Due to deforestation at the hands of logging, farming, ranching, and mining; hunting; and trapping, these incredible […]

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The odd looking Baird’s tapir, aka Central American tapir, Danta, Anteburro, Macho de Monte, tzemen, niguanchan, or Mountain cow, hails from south-eastern Mexico down to Panama and the north-western parts of Colombia. They prefer regions with tropical jungles that have plenty of water. These amazing critters are the largest land […]

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Welcome the Malayan tapir, aka the Asian tapir or Malay tapir. These are the only surviving species of Old World tapirs. They can be found, although severely fragmented, from south-eastern Asia, to southern Myanmar on down to south-western Thailand, Malaysia, and the Malay Peninsula on over to Sumatra. These tapirs […]

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Their name is pronounced either like “appear” or “paper”, the tapir or “P’som-sett,” which means “mixture is finished”. It’s a prehistoric mammal that has lineages dating back millions of years to the Eocene period of North America. There are currently 4 subspecies of tapirs in the world today that exist […]

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