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--> FAMILY Tapiridae
--> GENUS Tapirus
SPECIES Tapirus bairdii
| Author: | Gill, 1865. | | Citation: | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 17: 183. | | Common Name: | Baird's Tapir | | Type Locality: | "Isthmus of Panama", restricted to Panama, Canal Zone by Hershkovitz (1954). | | Distribution: | East from Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico, through all other Central American states to Colombia west of the Rio Cauca and Ecuador west of the Andes to the Gulf of Guayaquil. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Revised by Hershkovitz (1954). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
bairdi (Gray, 1868)
dowi Alston, 1880
dowii Gill, 1870
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