The South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), also commonly called the Brazilian tapir (from the Tupi tapi'ira), the Amazonian tapir, the maned tapir, the...

tapir, all in the genus Tapirus of the family Tapiridae. They are the South American tapir, the Malayan tapir, Baird's tapir, and the mountain tapir....

Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii), also known as the Central American tapir, is a species of tapir native to Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America...

portions of the Andean Mountain Range in northwestern South America. As such, it is the only tapir species to live outside of tropical rainforests in the...

been suggested that the tapirs that inhabited North America during the Late Pleistocene may be derived from a South American species that remigrated north...

North America alone and among the countries of Central America. Almost all of mainland South America sits on the South American Plate. South America is home...

collared peccary, South American tapir, sloths, frogs, lizards and snakes. In the western and northwestern regions of South America, cougar sometimes...

and Tapiridae (tapirs). They typically have reduced the weight-bearing toes to three or one of the five original toes, though tapirs retain four toes...

macaque Ring-tailed lemur Sambar deer Sloth bear Smooth-coated otter South American tapir Southern white rhinoceros Spotted deer Striped hyena Tufted capuchin...

of the Colombian Andes. Fauna found at the same site included the South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), Cryptotis sp., collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu)...