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Central American tapir
mammal
Also known as: Baird’s tapir, Tapirus bairdii
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conservation of mammal species
- In perissodactyl: Tapirs
The Central American, or Baird’s, tapir (T. bairdii) is the largest of the American species. It is essentially Middle American, with a range extending from Mexico into coastal Ecuador, and it occupies undisturbed climax rainforest. It is shy and adjusts poorly to the disturbance caused by…
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- In tapir
…short, bristly mane in the Central American, or Baird’s, tapir (T. bairdii), the little black, or Kobomani, tapir (T. kabomani), and the South American lowland tapir (T. terrestris). This geographic distribution, with four species in Central and South America and one in Southeast Asia, is peculiar. Fossil remains from Europe,…
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