Tapirus bairdii - #712
Central American Tapir
Side view of 3-day-old male born in captivity; also as Tapirella bairdii. Also as Baird's Tapir.
Geographic Distribution
East from Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico, through all other Central American states to Colombia west of the Rio Cauca and Ecuador west of the Andes to the Gulf of Guayaquil.
Order/Family
Tapiridae
Genus
Tapirus
Specific Epithet
bairdii
Image Location
USA, SC, Richland Co., Columbia, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
Image Date
1980
Photographer
JR Smith(contributed by AH Shoemaker)