Baird's Tapir

Tapirus bairdii

Very rareMammal

Baird's Tapir is the largest native land mammal in Central America and reaches the southern tip of Mexico. It has a distinctive prehensile upper lip that acts as a short trunk for grasping and stripping leaves from branches. As a seed disperser for large-fruited tropical trees, the tapir plays an irreplaceable ecological role in maintaining forest diversity.

Habitat

Tropical rainforests, cloud forests, and river margins

Diet

Fruits, leaves, aquatic plants, and bark

How common

Very rare

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