Update: The classification of Tapirus kabomani as a distinct species was officially contested in 2014. In what will likely be considered one of the biggest (literally) zoological discoveries of ...

The new tapir, dubbed Tapirus kabomani, is the smallest of the bunch but still counts as one of the largest mammals found in South America. Mongabay elaborates: Found inhabiting open grasslands ...

In a new study published in the Journal of Mammology, scientists have named the new species Tapirus kabomani. "[Indigenous people] traditionally reported seeing what they called 'a different kind ...

Last year’s declaration of a new tapir in the Amazon has come under contention The proposed new tapir species: Tapirus kabomani. Photo courtesy of: Cozzuol et al. “[Indigenous people ...

Currently, there are only four recognised extant tapir species left worldwide. Baird’s tapir (Tapirus bairdii), Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) and Mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque ...

This study aimed to identify whether different types of enrichment affected feeding, locomotive or resting behaviours in two (1.1) captive lowland tapir Tapirus terrestris housed at Dartmoor Zoo in ...