: May 2015
Brazillian tapir
STATUS
Vulnerable
SIZE
Up to 108cm high. Females are up to 220cm long whilst males are slightly shorter.
AGE
Up to 35 years in captivity.
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION
Found in the riverside rainforest of South America, in Venezuela, Colombia, south Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
WHAT THEY EAT
Tapirs are generalised browsers and grazers. They eat fruits, leaves, stems, shoots, grasses, aquatic plants, tree bark, aquatic organisms and also plantation crops.