Somewhere within the American Museum of Natural History in New York City lies the partial skull and skin of a young adult male tapir, item number 36661, collected by former president Theodore ...
A new species of tapir was discovered in the Amazon rainforest that may be one of the biggest animals on the South American continent. Cozzuol et al Until recently, only indigenous tribes in Brazil ...
Discover the elusive Kabomani tapir, a new tapir species that thrives in the Amazon rainforest and has intrigued scientists for years. Historically, scientists assumed the indigenous hunters were ...
Brazilian conservation biologist Patrícia Medici first won a Whitley Award, the “Green Oscars” for conservation science, in 2008; this year, she’s the recipient of the top tier of the prize, the ...
A bizarre new species of frog with a 'tapir-like' nose for burrowing underground has been discovered in the Amazon rainforest thanks to its 'beeping' calls. The new species, found at the lower ...
Over 14,000 lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), also known as Brazilian tapirs, roam an Amazonian landscape across Bolivia and Peru, according to new research by scientists with the Wildlife ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The lowland tapir Tapirus terrestris is the largest herbivore in the Neo tropics and feeds on a large quantity of fruits, often ingesting the ...
A tiny burrowing frog that lives underground in the Amazon, known to local people as the 'tapir frog' because its long nose, has been given an official scientific description. The people of Peru's ...