Tapirus pinchaque Roulin 1829

Tapirus pinchaque Roulin 1829, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., 18: 46.

Type Locality: "une journée de cette ville [Bogota], dans le Paramo de Suma-Paz," i.e., Colombia, Cundinamarca, Páramo de Sumapaz .

Vernacular Names: Mountain Tapir.

Synonyms: Tapirus andicola Gloger 1842; Tapirus leucogenys Gray 1872; Tapirus pinchacus de Blainville 1846; Tapirus roulini de Blainville 1846; Tapirus roulinii Fischer 1830; Tapirus villosus (Wagler 1830) .

Distribution: Andes of Colombia and Ecuador; perhaps W Venezuela and N Peru.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUNC – Endangered.

Discussion: Revised by Hershkovitz (1954).