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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.

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Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
Photographer: Alexander Blanco
Photo: lt_blanco07

Caption: 2003 Lowland tapir, Venezuela

Resolution:
w:1280
h:960
color:RGB
DPI: 72
size:584 K
file type: JPG

Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
Photographer: Alexander Blanco
Photo: lt_blanco05

Caption: 2003 Lowland tapir, Venezuela

Resolution:
w:1280
h:960
color:RGB
DPI: 72
size:584 K
file type: JPG

 Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
Photographer: Richard Bodmer, TSG
Photo: lt-bodmer23

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-mdd-mombaby
Photographer: Anders Goncalves DaSilva, TSG

Caption: 1998, radio-collared Lowland tapir and her young (Xuxa & Sacho), Morro do Diabo State Park, Sao Paulo State, Brazil

Resolution:
w:642
h:500
color:RGB
DPI: 300
size:92 K
file type: JPG		 Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
Photo: lt-mdd-georgete07
Photographer: Patricia Medici, TSG

Caption: 2003, Georgete, a once-radio-collared wild Lowland tapir, Morro do Diabo State Park, Sao Paulo State, Brazil

Resolution:
w:1152
h:864
color:RGB
DPI: 72
size:406 K
file type: JPG		 Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
Photo: lt-mdd-georgete05
Photographer: Patricia Medici, TSG

Caption: 2003, Georgete, a once-radio-collared wild Lowland tapir, Morro do Diabo State Park, Sao Paulo State, Brazil

Resolution:
w:1152
h:864
color:RGB
DPI: 72
size:420 K
file type: JPG
   

Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
Photo: lt-caligroup-2004
Photographer: Sergio Sandoval, TSG

Caption: 2004, captive Lowland tapir group

Resolution:
w:2046
h:792
color:RGB
DPI: 72
size:4.6Mb
file type: TIF

    
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