CHASING TAPIRS IN THE AMAZON: SCOUTING EXPEDITION

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Conserving South America's largest land mammal in the world's largest tropical forest. - Photo by Jason Woolgar In Brazil, lives one of the four tapir species of the world, the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris), the largest land mammal of South America! Adults weigh between 180-300 kg. They are about 1.10 meters high and, in some cases, more than two meters long. Their home ranges are enormous, with an average of ca. 500 hectares or, in other words, 500 soccer fields!Tapirs are forest animals. They prefer gallery/riparian forests along and around water bodies. Nevertheless, th

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