South American tapir

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q220271
South American tapir
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Summary

South American tapir is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,891 views/month, #1,288 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[4]
  • Parent taxon: Tapirus[5]
  • Taxon name: Tapirus terrestris[6]
  • Commons category: Tapirus terrestris[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tapirus terrestris[8]
  • Commons gallery: Tapirus terrestris[9]
  • Original combination: Hippopotamus terrestris[10]
  • Short name: T. terrestris[11]
  • Taxon common name: Lowland tapir[12], Anta Brasileña[13], Danta[14], Danta Amazónica[15], Gran Bestia[16], Tapir Brasileño[17], Tapir D'Amérique[18], Tapir Terrestre[19], Brazilian Tapir[20], South American Tapir[21], Flachlandtapir[22], tapir amazónicu[23], brazilski tapir[24]
  • Mass: 4.5 kg[25], 200 kg[26]
  • Gestation period: 398 day[27]
  • Sequenced genome URL: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Tapirus_terrestris[28]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[29]
  • Litter size: 1[30]
  • Taxon range: Novo Repartimento[31]

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Identifiers

South American tapir's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43353[32]. South American tapir's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9801[33]. South American tapir's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328009[34]. South American tapir's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440898[35]. South American tapir's ITIS TSN is recorded as 625000[36].

Why It Matters

South American tapir has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 78 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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . ARKive. 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] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Tapirus terrestris. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Tapirus terrestris. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . DNA Zoo. wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . Tapirus terrestris. wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Retrieved . colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Provenance: 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. 9w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i48192
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02396459-n
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  2. 19w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → Q120446
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  3. 22w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Tapirus terrestris
    Litter size → {'amount': '+1'}
    Taxon rank → species
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