Tapirus terrestris - #603
Lowland Tapir
Side view. Also as Brazilian Tapir|South American Tapir.
Geographic Distribution
East of the western cordillera of the Andes in N Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, E Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, and Venezuela.
Order/Family
Tapiridae
Genus
Tapirus
Specific Epithet
terrestris
Image Location
USA, DC, Washington, National Zoological Park
Image Date
1979
Photographer
JO Wolff