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Tapirus pinchaque (mountain tapir)

Synonyms: Tapirus aenigmaticus; Tapirus ecuadorensis; Tapirus terrestris aenigmaticus; Tapirus terrestris peruvianus

Wikipedia Abstract

The mountain tapir or woolly tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) is the second smallest of the five species of tapir, only the recently described Tapirus kabomani being smaller, and is the only one to live outside of tropical rainforests in the wild. It is most easily distinguished from other tapirs by its thick woolly coat and white lips. The species name comes from the term "La Pinchaque", an imaginary beast said to inhabit the same regions as the mountain tapir.
View Wikipedia Record: Tapirus pinchaque

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Tapirus pinchaque

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
12
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
70
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 23.71
EDGE Score: 5.29
View EDGE Record: Tapirus pinchaque

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  432.108 lbs (196.00 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  9.414 lbs (4.27 kg)
Female Weight [1]  328.49 lbs (149.00 kg)
Male Weight [1]  535.726 lbs (243.00 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  63.1 %
Diet [3]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [3]  100 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  3 years
Gestation [2]  1 year 1 month
Litter Size [2]  1
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  29 years
Nocturnal [3]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  8.2 feet (250 cm)
Weaning [4]  90 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve VI 921676 Ecuador  
Cinturon Andino Cluster Biosphere Reserve 433176 Colombia  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Andigena hypoglauca (Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan)1
Ognorhynchus icterotis (Yellow-eared Parrot)1
Oxypogon guerinii (Bearded Helmetcrest)1

Predators

Puma concolor (Cougar)[4]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Tapirus pinchaque (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae), MIGUEL PADILLA, ROBERT C. DOWLER, AND CRAIG C. DOWNER, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 42(863):166–182 (2010)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0