Mountain tapir
Tapirus pinchaque
EndangeredPhoto: Elissa Berver · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mammalherbivore
The woolly tapir is a stocky, shaggy-coated mammal that lives high in the Andes mountains. Unlike its rainforest-dwelling cousins, this tapir thrives in cooler climates with its thick fur. You can spot it by its fuzzy coat and the pale coloring around its mouth.
- Smallest of all tapir species
- Only tapir adapted to mountain habitats
- Identifiable by its white-rimmed lips
MountainSouth America
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Mammal
- Scientific name
- Tapirus pinchaque
- Habitat
- Mountain
- Regions in this directory
- South America
- Diet
- herbivore
- Relative size
- medium
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered (EN)
