There are four widely recognized extant species of. It is one of three latin american species of tapir. Tapirus johnsoni late miocene consistently falls outside crownclade tapirus and is the sister taxon of the. Preliminary identification of conservation priorities. Our splendid cover photo of a mother tapir with its young, which so charmingly adorned journal of biogeography volume 291, january 2002, turned out to be not a picture of the said mountain tapir, tapirus pinchaque roulin, but rather one of the lowland tapir, tapirus. Results of a 4year study in sangay national park, ecuador, indicated that the mountain tapir tapirus pinchaque, consumes a wide variety of woody and nonwoody plant taxa primarily as a foliose browser, and has a preference for some nitrogenfixing plants. Phylogeography of the mountain tapir tapirus pinchaque and the. Daily and seasonal activity of the mountain tapir tapirus pinchaque was measured along trails and at two salt licks in mature and secondary montane forests of the central andes of colombia using active and passive infrared monitors. Tapirus indicus desmarest, 1819, is found in southeast asia nowak, 1997. Tapirs stock photos and images 1,236 best match fresh. Population history, phylogeography, and conservation.
Autopodial bones were laser scanned to capture surface shape and morphology was quantified using 3d. Phylogenetic analysis of six species of late cenozoic tapirus from north america and the three extant neotropical species of tapirus using 64 informative characters and three to five outgroups reveals strong support for a monophyletic tapirus, and several subgroups within the genus. The gcms were downloaded from the worldclim website. Tapirus pinchaque roulin, 1829, the mountain tapir, is considered the smallest and least specialized of the 4 species of tapirus. In ecuador, tapirus pinchaque is considered to be critically endangered. First population genetic study of tapirus pinchaque. Only five to six fragments have the minimum necessary size 826 km 2 to maintain at least 150 individuals, the estimated number to maintain viable population in the short term. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of south america, central america, and southeast asia.
The andes central mountains from northwest venezuela, colombia and ecuador, to northwestern peru. Tapirus pinchaque wikispecies, free species directory. Endangered mammals include bairds tapir tapirus bairdii and mountain tapir tapirus pinchaque. It is most easily distinguished from other tapirs by its thick woolly coat and white lips. Pdf on mar 7, 2012, ruizgarcia and others published phylogeography of the mountain tapir tapirus pinchaque and the central american tapir tapirus bairdii and the molecular origins of the. Geographic distribution and population size of the mountain tapir. Although the species has been registered in several localities, its geographic distribution remains unclear, and the effects of climate change and current land uses on this species are largely unknown. Eight variables were measured in 110 left rear foot prints of the mountain tapir. Tapir veterinary manual 2nd edition, english pdf tapir veterinary manual 2nd edition. Sissa the spectacled bear tremarctos ornatus and the mountain tapir tapirus pinchaque in the northern andes ecoregionperu subdivision. Mammal species of the world a taxonomic and geographic reference.
Tapirs inhabit jungle an forest regions o sooth americae, central americae, an sootheast asie. The populations most threatened are those of the central cordillera between p. Bairds tapir is named for the american naturalist spencer fullerton baird, who traveled to mexico in 1843 and observed the animals. Daily activity of the mountain tapir showed a clear bimodal pattern, with maxima during the early hours of the day 5. The study included all mountain ranges above 2000 m. It is restricted to parts of temperate areas from colombia and. Breeding the mountain tapir tapirus pinchaque plate 46. Daily and seasonal activity of the mountain tapir tapirus. It is restricted to parts of temperate areas from colombia and ecuador to extreme northwestern peru. Research article ecological and geographical analysis of. Tapirus kabomani also known as the little black tapir or kabomani tapir is a partiallyrecognized species of tapir, large browsing mammals similar in shape to a pig. Health status survey of wild populations of the andean. The genus tapirus has four extant species, the malay tapir t.
Tapir conservation ufdc home all collection groups. The mountain tapir, also known as the andean tapir or woolly tapir tapirus pinchaque is the. Topics tapirus terrestris, tapirus kabomani, mitochondrial genes collection opensource language. The mountain tapir tapirus pinchaque and andean bear tremarctos ornatus. Unlimited viewing of the articlechapter pdf and any associated supplements and figures. This page was last edited on 12 december 2014, at 07. It is the only one to live outside of tropical rainforests in the wild. Tapirus research vertebrate paleontology collection. Tsg project endorsement requirements portuguese pdf 16 kb list of tsg endorsed projects 2007 pdf 263 kb tsg research manual. It is a foliage browser that generally inhabits moist habitats that facilitate bathing.
Geographic distribution and population size of the. Interspecific variation in the tetradactyl manus of modern. Page 1 tapir conservation the newsletter of the iucnssc tapir specialist group. Pdf the mountain tapir tapirus pinchaque and andean. Tapirus pinchaque presented a wellsupported clade, but t. Ecological and geographical analysis of the distribution of. Population genetics of tapirus terrestris and inexistence of tapirus kabomani as a full species of tapir. Most of the valley has been drastically modified by human activity, but there are still pockets of original vegetation and there are. This is the first molecular analysis of the andean tapir, tapirus pinchaque with mitogenomes. Tapirus pinchaque, and tapirus terrestris using a geometric morphometric approach. Phylogeography of the mountain tapir tapirus pinchaque and the central american tapir tapirus bairdii and the origins of. The mountain tapir, also known as the andean tapir or woolly tapir tapirus pinchaque is the smallest of the four widely recognized species of tapir. The five species o tapirs are the brazilian tapir, the malayan tapir, bairds tapir, kabomani tapir, an the muntain tapir. The more closedcover andean forest and chaparral habitats contain a greater abundance of mountain tapirfavoured food than the.
Health status survey of wild populations of the dwarf. We sampled 45 andean mountain tapirs tapirus pinchaque from colombia and ecuador and sequenced. The mamapacha massif is an isolated fragment of 27,512 hectares of cloud forest and. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Mitogenomics of the mountain tapir tapirus pinchaque, tapiridae. It is the smallest tapir species, even smaller than the mountain tapir t. Observations on the diet and habitat of the mountain tapir. Determining the presence and habitat use of mazama rufina and tapirus pinchaque in the massif of mamapacha. A tapir is a lairge brousin mammal, seemilar in shape tae a pig, wi a short, prehensile snout. Bairds tapir tapirus bairdii, also known as the central american tapir, is a species of tapir native to mexico, central america and northwestern south america. A field manual for studying and monitoring mountain tapirs tapirus pinchaque spanish pdf 4mb tsg veterinary committee. Ecological and geographical analysis of the distribution of the mountain tapir. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Here, we investigate variation in the manus morphology of four modern tapir species tapirus indicus, tapirus bairdii, tapirus pinchaque, and tapirus terrestris using a geometric morphometric approach.
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