Baird's tapir  (Tapirus bairdii)

Indigenous (native): a species that occurs naturally in an area.
Proboscis: a tubular protrusion from the anterior of an animal (e.g. the trunk of an elephant).

1. IUCN Red List (October, 2002)
   www.redlist.org
   
2. Ultimate Ungulate (May, 2002)
   http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Perissodactyla/Tapirus_bairdii.html
   
3. Burnie, D. [ed.] (2001) Animals. Dorling Kindersley, London.
   
4. Animal Diversity Web (May, 2002)
   http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/tapirus/t._bairdii$narrative.html
   
5. Brooks, D. M., Bodmer, R. E. & Matola, S. ( 1997) Tapirs - Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. (English, Spanish, Portuguese) IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
   
6. Todd, S. (2002) Pers. comm.
   
7. CITES (May, 2002)
   www.cites.org