MOUNTAIN TAPIR Tapirus pinchaque ©Laura Quick Mountain tapirs, one of four tapir species (the smallest), live in cloud forests and sub-tropical regions of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Their fur is longer and thicker than that of other tapir species. But like the other tapir species, mountain tapirs are highly aquatic, diving, swimming, and splashing in water, and wallowing in mud. All the tapirs belong to the same order as horses, zebras, and rhinoceroses. These herbivores, like the one pictured, browse and graze on twigs, leaves, buds, and low-hanging fruit. #mountaintapir #tapiruspinchaque #©lauraquick #smallesttapir #6feetlong #500pounds #endangered #southamerica #cloudforests #herbivore #mammal #chewing #photojourney #losangeleszooandbotanicalgardens #losangeleszoo #lazoo #glaza https://www.instagram.com/p/B8X_vLPnbzH/?igshid=1ok97gb61276q
