🐎South American tapir
The South American tapir, also commonly called the Brazilian tapir, the Amazonian tapir, the maned tapir, the lowland tapir, anta, and la sachavaca, is one of the four recognized species in the tapir family. It is the largest surviving native terrestrial mammal in the Amazon.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 225 kg
- Body length
- 2.25 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 40 years
Everything we know about the South American tapir
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass225 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 250 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length2.25 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass181 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan40 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 40 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length11 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.4 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation1.1 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.1 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.38 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l225 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for South American tapir yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPerissodactyla
- ›familyTapiridae
- ›genusTapirus
- ›speciesTapirus terrestris
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- familyTapiridae
- genusTapirus
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- familyTapiridae
- genusTapirus
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