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Mountain Tapir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Primarily active from late afternoon until early morning, the mountain tapir rests in thick vegetation during the day. They are surprising agile and sure-footed, and can move easily through dense plant growth. Worn paths, made by the tapirs, are the primary routes for travelling.
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Adult female and five-month-old mountain tapir; Tapirus pinchaque; Return to fact sheet ... Photographed June 1999 ; Los Angeles Zoo; Los Angeles CA, USA...
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Mountain Tapir Habitat Range ... Characteristics: The Mountain tapir is the smallest of tapir species. Their color is brownish to black with long hair and a white line around the lips. The adults have two characteristic hair-free patches in the rump.
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Mountain Tapir (Tapirus pinchaque); Photographer: Diego Lizcano, Los Nevados National Park, Colombia ; Photo: mtt-lizcano_08-06; Caption: August 2006, tapir wears a new GPS collar ; Resolution: w:3072 h:2048 color:RGB;
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Estimates for the survival of the woolly mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) range from about 10 to 20 years, depending on many unknown factors. These ancient denizens of the high Andes still survive in perilously small numbers in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
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Picturs of Mountain Tapirs with a Slide Show Link to Mountain Tapir Photo Album ~ The Tapir Gallery ... Slide show will start automatically ~ pictures may take a minute to load; Click on any image above to go to the mountain tapir photo album and read captions;
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The mountain tapir weighs about 225 kg (500 lb). It inhabits montane forests at altitudes of 1400 - 4700 m (4600 - 15,400'), occurring most frequently between 2000 - 4300 m (6600 - 14,100') in scrub habitats, dominated by stunted trees and shrubs.
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