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Species that are closely related to the Lowland tapir
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Asian tapir (
Tapirus indicus
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Its unmistakable two-tone pattern distinguishes the Asian tapir, the only Old World tapir, from the other three tapir species of C...
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Baird's tapir (
Tapirus bairdii
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Baird's tapir is the largest of the American tapirs and the largest indigenous mammal in Central America. Tapirs are well known fo...
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Mountain tapir (
Tapirus pinchaque
)
The mountain tapir is a 'living fossil'; the smallest of four surviving species of tapir that represent the remnants of a lineage ...
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