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Tapirus terrestris
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.
Amazon rainforest. Solitary but they congregate in breeding season in the mammal claylicks, specially near creek beds and swamps with dense brush.
Photo taken by camera trap near Rainforest Expeditions ecotour lodges. Photo trap set by Annie Loggins.
Spotted on Jan 18, 2009
Submitted on Feb 10, 2012
4 Comments
Lovely spot!
Welcome aboard Danielle!
What a great spot, must have been exciting to see this come up on the camera trap! Were these traps set up for some kind of study/survey? Were you involved? I'm just really curious :D Awesome!
Welcome to Project Noah!
Cool shot! Poor guy looks quite surprised ;-)...