The South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), also commonly called the Brazilian tapir (from the Tupi tapi'ira[3]), the Amazonian tapir, the maned tapir, the lowland tapir, anta (Brazilian Portuguese), and la sachavaca (literally "bushcow", in mixed Quechua and Spanish), is one of the four recognized species in the tapir family (of the order Perissodactyla, with the mountain tapir, the Malayan tapir, and the Baird's tapir).[4] It is the largest surviving native terrestrial mammal in the Amazon.[5]
Most classification taxons also include Tapirus kabomani (also known as the little black tapir or kabomani tapir) as also belonging to the species Tapirus terrestris (Brazilian tapir), despite its questionable existence and the overall lack of information on its habits and distribution. The specific epithet derives from arabo kabomani, the word for tapir in the local Paumarí language. The formal description of this tapir did not suggest a common name for the species.[6] The Karitiana people call it the little black tapir.[7] It is, purportedly, the smallest tapir species, even smaller than the mountain tapir (T. pinchaque), which had been considered the smallest. T. kabomani is allegedly also found in the Amazon rainforest, where it appears to be sympatric with the well-known South American tapir (T. terrestris). When it was described in December of 2013, T. kabomani was the first odd-toed ungulate discovered in over 100 years. However, T. kabomani has not been officially recognized by the Tapir Specialist Group as a distinct species; recent genetic evidence further suggests it is likely a subspecies of T. terrestris.[8][9]
^Varela, D.; Flesher, K.; Cartes, J.L.; de Bustos, S.; Chalukian, S.; Ayala, G.; Richard-Hansen, C. (2019). "Tapirus terrestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T21474A45174127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T21474A45174127.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^Navarro, E. de A. (2013). Tupi antigo, a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo: Global Editora e Distribuidora Ltda. p. 462
^Grubb, P. (2005). "Order Perissodactyla". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 634. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^Montenegro, Olga Lucia. The Behavior of Lowland (Tapirus terrestris) at a Natural Mineral Lick in the Peruvian Amazon. Rep. N.p.: University of Florida, 1998.
^Cite error: The named reference corr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference monga was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Ruiz-García, Manuel; Castellanos, Armando; Bernal, Luz Agueda; Pinedo-Castro, Myreya; Kaston, Franz; Shostell, Joseph M. (2016-03-01). "Mitogenomics of the mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque, Tapiridae, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) in Colombia and Ecuador: Phylogeography and insights into the origin and systematics of the South American tapirs". Mammalian Biology. 81 (2): 163–175. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2015.11.001. ISSN 1616-5047.
^"All About the Terrific Tapir | Tapir Specialist Group". Tapir Specialist Group. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
and 27 Related for: South American tapir information
The SouthAmericantapir (Tapirus terrestris), also commonly called the Brazilian tapir (from the Tupi tapi'ira), the Amazonian tapir, the maned tapir, the...
portions of the Andean Mountain Range in northwestern SouthAmerica. As such, it is the only tapir species to live outside of tropical rainforests in the...
been suggested that the tapirs that inhabited North America during the Late Pleistocene may be derived from a SouthAmerican species that remigrated north...
of animals including the llama, anaconda, piranha, jaguar, vicuña, and tapir, and to one of the largest known insects in the world, the Titan beetle...
and Tapiridae (tapirs). They typically have reduced the weight-bearing toes to three or one of the five original toes, though tapirs retain four toes...
of the Colombian Andes. Fauna found at the same site included the SouthAmericantapir (Tapirus terrestris), Cryptotis sp., collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu)...
include rhinoceroses, tapirs, and horses. They are primarily found in Africa, southern and southeastern Asia, and Central America, and are found in a variety...
Its larger mammals include the jaguar, ocelot, capybara, puma and SouthAmericantapir. About 1,500 bird species inhabit the Amazon basin. The biodiversity...
North American mammal, the wood bison, can exceed 900 kg (2,000 lb), and the largest surviving Nearctic migrant to SouthAmerica, Baird's tapir, can reach...
composed of meat. Among South America's extant, native land animals, only the Baird's tapir, SouthAmericantapir and mountain tapir are heavier than the bear...
Its range is fragmented, but spans much of southern and eastern Africa south of the Sahara. Six or seven subspecies have been recognised, including the...
Capybara House - Capybara and SouthAmericantapir Guinea pig European fallow deer Meerkat and Cape porcupine North American Porcupine and Siberian Chipmunk...
Chile Red-and-green macaw to Iberá Provincial Reserve, Argentina SouthAmericantapir into Atlantic Forest of Brazil Vinaceous-breasted amazon to Parque...
107594. Pei Wen-Chung (1956). "Quaternary mammalian fossils from Hsintsai, South-Eastern part of Honan". Acta Palaeontologica Sinica. Archived from the original...
living tapirs, similar to the living mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque). It was mid-sized for a tapir, comparable in size to Baird's tapir or the South American...
the brown-throated sloth, the black-capped squirrel monkey, the SouthAmericantapir, the southern tamandua, the moustached tamarin, the pacarana, etc...
also houses 27 monkeys in his private collection. He also owns a SouthAmericantapir named Mr. T, who he rescued from Germany after the animal was abandoned...
Global Information
