Tapirus pinchaque

(Roulin, 1829)

Mountain Tapir

Young in striped and spotted coat.  Also as Andean Tapir|Woolly Tapir.
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Location:USA, CA, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical GardensDate taken:Jan 1, 1977

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 466

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Perissodactyla
Suborder : Ceratomorpha
Superfamily : Tapiroidea
Family : Tapiridae
Genus : Tapirus
Subgenus : Tapirus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Roulin, F.D. 1829. Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire du Tapir; et Description d'une espèce nouvelle appartenant aux hautes régions de la Cordilière des Andes. Annales des sciences naturelles 18:26-56.

Original name as described

Tapir pinchaque

Other common names

Andean Tapir · Woolly Tapir

Type material

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Páramo de Sumapaz, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 10 names and synonyms.

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