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Tapir
Tapirus terrestris
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Field Notes
Description:
Size 2.2 m. Weight 320 kg. Height 1 m.
Small trunk in the snout.
short and rough horsehair along the nape.
Forelimbs with 4 toes and hindlimbs with 3. They walk on their hooves.
Bad eyesight but excelent sense of hearing and smell.
Habitat:
Amazon rainforest. Solitary but they congregate in breeding season in the mammal claylicks, specially near creek beds and swamps with dense brush.
Notes:
Photo taken by camera trap near Rainforest Expeditions ecotour lodges. Photo trap set by Annie Loggins.
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