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South American Tapir

Tapirus terrestris (species), “Brazilian Tapir”, “Lowland Tapir”

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The South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), also commonly called the Brazilian tapir (from the Tupi tapi'ira), the Amazonian tapir, the maned tapir, the lowland tapir, in Portuguese anta, and in mixed Quechua and Spanish sachavaca (literally "bushcow"), is one of the four widely recognized species in the tapir family, along with the mountain tapir, the Malayan tapir, and Baird's tapir. It is the largest surviving native terrestrial mammal in the Amazon.

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