Educational resources on Mountain Tapir

Mountain Tapir or Tapirus pinchaque is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Endangered due to A2cd+3cd; C1; E . IUCN Profile of the Mountain Tapir

Academic web links for the Mountain Tapir.

ADW: Tapirus pinchaque: Information
The mountain tapir was discovered by Roulin, a French naturalist, in the eastern Andes of Colombia. (Downer 1996) Only six mountain tapirs remain in the world's zoos.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Tapirus_pinchaque.html

ADW: Tapirus pinchaque: Classification
Tapirus pinchaque (mountain tapir) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Tapirus_pinchaque.html

Spectacled, or Andean, Bear - National Zoo| FONZ
Mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque): Another mammal unique to the Andes, this thick-coated, small pony-sized vegetarian lives in mountain forests up to the treeline.
nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Amazonia/Facts/fact-spectacled.cfm

ADW: Tapirus pinchaque: Pictures
Tapirus pinchaque (mountain tapir)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Tapirus_pinchaque.html

CalPhotos: Browse Mammal Common Names
Back to: CalPhotos > Animals > Browse Mammal Common Names. Last updated: Dec 03 2009 . see also: Browse Invertebrate Thumbnail Photos. Click on a name below to see all the animal
calphotos.berkeley.edu/fauna/com-Mammal.html

Crocodilians: Natural History & Conservation: Crocodiles, Caimans ...
Other endangered species on the property seen regularly include Black Howler Monkeys, Keel-Billed Toucans, Mountain Tapir and Blue Morphos. Even seen a Jaguar once and tracks
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cnhc/potm-mar07.html

Sangay, Ecuador
Most notable perhaps were the "Matefanga" plants which have kingsize umbrella leaves and cre ate dense grooves, which are the favored habitat of the mountain tapir (danta) - - a
volcano.oregonstate.edu/volcanoes/volc_images/south_america/ecuador/sangay2.html

Volcanoes of Ecuador / volcanoe49.jpg
Volcanoes of Ecuador/volcanoe49.jpg Previous | Home | Next: Checking for mountain tapir signals from watershed ridge
kelane.people.wm.edu/volcanoes_folder/pages/volcanoe49_jpg.htm

ADW: Tapiridae: Pictures
...mountain tapir Tapirus pinchaque: Brazilian tapir Tapirus terrestris : Brazilian tapir Tapirus terrestris: Brazilian tapir Tapirus terrestris: Brazilian tapir
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Tapiridae.html

shakumail.2004: [Shaku] article in Sydney Morning Herald
...mountain tapir in South America as well as other animal and bird species are linked to bamboo. "All over the world there are animals that are very, very closely
communication.ucsd.edu/shaku/Shakumail.2004/0347.html