Mountain tapir  (Tapirus pinchaque)

Facts

Also known as:Woolly tapir and Andean tapir
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Perissodactyla
Family Tapiridae
Genus Tapirus (1)
Size Head-body length: 180 cm (2)
Shoulder height: 75 - 80 cm (2)
Weight 150 kg (3)

Status

Classified as Endangered (EN) by the IUCN Red List 2007 (1), and listed on Appendix I of CITES (4).