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Mountain tapir
Mountain tapir
(Tapirus pinchaque)
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Also known as:
Andean tapir, Woolly 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)
.
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