mountain tapir

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q223960
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Summary

mountain tapir is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,370 views/month, #1,446 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Endangered status[4]
  • Parent taxon: Tapirus[5]
  • Taxon name: Tapirus pinchaque[6]
  • Commons category: Tapirus pinchaque[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tapirus pinchaque[8]
  • Commons gallery: Tapirus pinchaque[9]
  • Short name: T. pinchaque[10]
  • Taxon common name: Mountain tapir[11], Danta Cordillerana[12], Danta de Montaña[13], Danta de Páramo[14], Danta Lanuda[15], Danta Negra[16], Gran Bestia[17], Pinchaque[18], Tapir Andino[19], Tapir des Andes[20], Tapir pinchaque[21], Andean Tapir[22], Woolly Tapir[23], Bergtapir[24]
  • Gestation period: 395 day[25]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 28.5 years[26]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES[27]
  • Litter size: 1[28]
  • Taxon range: Colombia[29], Ecuador[30], Peru[31]

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Identifiers

mountain tapir's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43354[32]. mountain tapir's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30582[33]. mountain tapir's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 129472[34]. mountain tapir's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440899[35]. mountain tapir's ITIS TSN is recorded as 624999[36].

Why It Matters

mountain tapir has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  28. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . Tapirus pinchaque (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae). wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → Q120446
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  2. 22w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Tapirus pinchaque
    Litter size → {'amount': '+1'}
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