225) Mountain Tapir

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Scientific name: Tapirus pinchaque

Weight: 500-660lbs Length: 71-98in

Shoulder Height: 29-47in Lives: West Venezuela to altitudes of 14,750 ft (possibly),

Peru, Andes Mountain in Colombia and Ecuador in forest mountains.

Diet:

Young: 1 or 3 which 3 is rare

Also called the Andean Tapir and Mountain Woolly. All young Tapirs are reddish-brown with white stripes and spots. Juveniles get their adult coats at 6 months old. All Tapirs have a Jacobson's organ, which enables them to locate food and a possible mate, this enhance the ability to smell. The Mountain Tapir fur is silver gray on the underbelly and black everywhere else. Tapir are usually nocturnal and solitary.

 Tapir are usually nocturnal and solitary

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