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lowland tapir
mammal
Also known as: Brazilian tapir, South American lowland tapir, Tapirus terrestris
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- In tapir
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, China, and North America show that tapirs were once widespread, but the extinction of intermediate forms has isolated the…
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distribution, ecology, and conservation
- In perissodactyl: Tapirs
…most widespread species is the Brazilian tapir (T. terrestris), which is found throughout the Brazilian subregion east of the Andes and in a small area west of the Andes in northwestern Venezuela and northern Colombia. Like the other species, it is largely a forest form requiring the proximity of water.…
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