Brazilian tapir, South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Description
Pouso Alegre, Transpantaneira, Poconé, Mato Grosso, BRAZIL
Date 30 June 2016, 15:35
Source Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) male https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/27546923604/
Author Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE https://www.flickr.com/people/65695019@N07
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lowland_Tapir_(Tapirus_terrestris)_male_(27546923604).jpg
The South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), Brazilian tapir, lowland tapir or (in Portuguese) anta, is one of five species in the tapir family, along with the Mountain tapir, the Malayan tapir, the Baird's tapir, and the kabomani tapir. The lowland tapir is the largest native terrestrial mammal in the Amazon. Order: Perissodactyla, Family: Tapiridae, Genus: Tapirus, Species: Tapirus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758).
