Brazilian Tapir
Other Names
Lowland Tapir
South American tapir
Scientific Name
Tapirus terrestris
The South American tapir , 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 five species in the tapir family, along with the mountain tapir, the Malayan tapir, Baird's tapir, and the little black tapir. The South American tapir is the largest surviving native terrestrial mammal in the Amazon.
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Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon (2021)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Lost Worlds: Life in The Balance (2001)
South of the Border with Disney (1942)
Spirits of the Rainforest (1993)
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The Wild Thornberrys (1998-2004)
Go, Diego, Go! (2005-2011)
The New World of Gnomes (1997)
Creature Comforts (2003-2007)
Curious George (2006-present)
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Classics
The Flight of the Condor (1982)
The Living Edens (1997-2003)
Earth at Night in Color (2020)
Pantanal: Prairie of Great Waters (1986)
Stalking the Jaguar (2006)
Gremlins: Faces in the Forest (1998)
The Falls of Iguacu (2006)
Candamo: Journey Beyond Hell (2000)
Uakari: Secrets of the English Monkey (2009)
The Jaguar: Eater of Souls (2001)
Web of the Spider Monkey (1995)
The Search for the World's Most Secret Animals (1989)
The Really Wild Show (1986-2006)
Life in the Balance (1991)
Islands in the Sky (1989)
Baby Animals Around The World (2016)
Jaguars: Brazil's Supercats (2017)
Wild Kratts (2011-present)
Journey Into Amazonia (1999)
South America's Weirdest Animals (2020)
Wildest South America (1998)
Baby Animals in the Wild (2015)
Jaguar Adventure with Nigel Marven (2008)
Animal Park Summer Special (2016)
World's Greatest Animal Encounters (2019)
Austin Stevens: Adventures (2008)
Tribes, Predators and Me (2016-2017)
Baby Animals in Our World (2015)
The Ultimate Guide (1996-2002)
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