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SCIENTIFIC NAME Tapirus bairdii
RANGE Southern Mexico, through Central America to the western side of the Andes in Colombia
LOCATION IN THE ZOO South America’s Pantanal in the mixed species grasslands habitat
COOL ANIMAL FACTS These nocturnal vegetarians are wide-ranging and responsible for eating a lot and vegetation and dispersing seeds, making them “the Gardeners of the Forest.” Their closest relatives are the horse and rhinoceros families.