Tapir Specialist Group Tapir Photo Collection: Lowland Tapirs

The IUCN/SSC-affiliated Tapir Specialist Group is a global group of biologists, zoo professionals, researchers and advocates dedicated to conserving tapirs and their habitat through strategic action-planning in countries where tapirs live, information sharing, and through educational outreach that shows the importance of the tapir to local ecosystems and to the world at large.

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TSG Tapir Photo Collection: Lowland Tapirs

Lowland tapirs occupy the forests and wetlands of South America as far north as Venezuela and Colombia, and as far south as Argentina. They weigh up to 250kg and can be up to two meters long. They are a threatened species.

All images are available in the resolutions described below. Image usage guidelines and fees.
Usage and image requests may be made to: Gilia Angell

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Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Photo: lt-centrof_atapia_bambi Photographer: Andres Tapia, TSG Caption: 2004 Bambi the tapir with monkey friend, taken in partial captive situation at Centro Fatima, Ecuador. Resolution: w:2352 h:3603 color:RGB DPI: 300 size:24.28 Mb file type: JPG	Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Photo: lt-centrof_atapia_bamb2 Photographer: Andres Tapia, TSG Caption: 2000, Bambi the tapir, taken in partial captive situation at Centro Fatima, Ecuador. Resolution: w:3603 h:2352 color:RGB DPI: 300 size:28.28 Mb file type: JPG	Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Photo: t-centrof_atapia_yari Photographer: Andres Tapia, TSG Caption: 2005, Yarina swimming; taken in partial captive situation at Centro Fatima, Ecuador. Resolution: w:3576 h:2388 color:RGB DPI: 300 size:24.46 file type: JPG

Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Photo: lt-centrof_atapia_bambi Photographer: Andres Tapia, TSG Caption: 2004 Bambi the tapir her baby Ulises, taken in partial captive situation at Centro Fatima, Ecuador. Resolution: w:2145 h:3615 color:RGB DPI: 300 size:22.22 Mb file type: JPG	Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Photo: lt_gangell06 Photographer: Gilia Angell, TSG Caption: 2006, wild male tapir, Parque Nacional El Rey, Salta, Argentina Resolution: w:3008 h:2000 color:RGB DPI: 300 size:2.6Mb file type: JPG	Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Photo: lt-bodmer1 Photographer: Richard Bodmer, TSG Caption: Lowland tapir in the Pantanal, Brazil. Resolution: w:2304 h:1536 color:RGB DPI: 230 size:868 K file type: JPG

Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Photo:lt-bodmer30 Photographer: Richard Bodmer, TSG Caption: Lowland tapir in the Pantanal, Brazil. Resolution: w:2304 h:1536 color:RGB DPI: 230 size:828 K file type: JPG	Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Photo:lt-bodmer22 Photographer: Richard Bodmer, TSG Caption: Lowland tapir in the Pantanal, Brazil. Resolution: w:2304 h:1536 color:RGB DPI: 230 size:960 K file type: JPG	Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Photo: lt-bodmer26 Photographer: Richard Bodmer, TSG Caption: Lowland tapir in the Pantanal, Brazil. Resolution: w:2304 h:1536 color:RGB DPI: 230 size:868 K file type: JPG

Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Photo: lt-bodmer19 Photographer: Richard Bodmer, TSG Caption: Lowland tapir in the Pantanal, Brazil. Resolution: w:2304 h:1536 color:RGB DPI: 230 size:484 K file type: JPG	Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Photo: lt-mdd-roadkill Photographer: Cristina Tofoli, TSG Caption: Lowland tapir road fatality, Morro do Diabo State Park, Sao Paulo State, Brazil Resolution: w:864 h:1152 color:RGB DPI: 72 size:452 K file type: JPG	Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Photo: lt-ernp-2003 Photographer: Guillermo Lier Caption: 2003 Guillermo Lier, Tapir Research and Conservation Project, Parque Nacional EL Rey, Salta, Argentina. Resolution: w:1996 h:1456 color:RGB DPI: 300 size:260K file type: JPG

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