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| NOUN | a mountain tapir | mountain tapirs / [also] mountain tapir |
Usage Examples English
- Tapirs are largely nocturnal and crepuscular, although the smaller mountain tapir of the Andes is generally more active during the day than its congeners. They have monocular vision.
- Mammals registered include spectacled bear ("Tremarctos ornatus") and mountain tapir ("Tapirus pinchaque").
- Although very rich in flora and fauna, few large mammals are found in the Andean cloud forests, including the Yungas and parts of the Chocó, exceptions being the threatened mountain tapir, spectacled bear and yellow-tailed woolly monkey.
- The National Park is an important refuge for rare species of the Andes, like the mountain tapir and spectacled bear. The park is a vital stronghold for the endangered mountain tapir in particular.
- It is one of the few zoos worldwide to have the mountain tapir, and is the only zoo outside of Peru and Brazil to house the red uakari.
- terrestris") and mountain tapir ("T. pinchaque") are heavier than the bear.
- The mountain tapir is the most threatened of the five "Tapirus" species, classified as "Endangered" by the IUCN in 1996.
- Judging from the use of the mountain tapir as an analogue, "Thuliadanta" may have been a year-round inhabitant in the mild temperate lowland forests of the Eocene High Arctic.
- Animals living on the volcano include the mountain tapir and spectacled bear, both of which are designated as threatened.
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