Their story, personality and the details worth observing in person.
Meet Tupi
Tupi is an invented editorial name for this provisional profile. In the sample story, the animal curiously explores keeper-provided enrichment and often chooses the same quiet spot to rest. This individual profile does not describe a real specimen and will be replaced by Bioparco.
An individual, not just a species
The identity card of Tupi
- Sex
- non specificato
- Origin
- The individual name, sex and story are invented provisional editorial content; scientific information refers to the species.
Verifiable facts and scientific language
Species profile
South American tapir
Tapirus terrestris
The south american tapir is a flexible, short trunk-like snout.
- Class
- Mammalia
- Diet
- Herbivore
- IUCN status
- VU Vulnerable Vulnerable (VU) It faces a high risk of extinction in the wild. IUCN Red List classification
- Natural habitat
- Tropical forests, swamps and waterways.
- Distribution
- Tropical South America east of the Andes.
- Feeding
- Leaves, shoots, fruit and aquatic plants.
- Characteristics
- A flexible, short trunk-like snout.
One fact to take home
Observe, connect, remember
It disperses many fruit seeds and supports forest regeneration.