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    South American Tapir

    Tapirus terrestris

    • © Vanessa Kadosoe
    • © ACT
    • © Leen De Laender
    • Child drawing
      Child drawing
      © ACT
     
    English South American Tapir / Brazilian Tapir / Lowland Tapir
    Dutch Zuid-Amerikaanse Tapir / Laaglandtapir / Braziliaanse Tapir
      
    Sranan Bofru
    Trio Pai
    Wayana Maipuli
    Listen how shaman Amasina imitates the sound a South American tapir

    Listen how shaman Amasina imitates the sound of a South American tapir

    http://www.ethnobiobase.act-suriname.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ACT_Tapir_Amasina.m4a

    Class:
    Mammals
    Order:
    Perissodactyla
    Family:
    Tapiridae

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