Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby being watched over by its mother. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby looking at camera. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) mother with baby. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) wading from the Pixaim River, in Pantanal Wildlife Center. The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, November.

Pete Oxford / Brazilian Tapir at night, Ecuador

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) mother with baby. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) mother with baby. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby being watched over by its mother. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby being watched over by its mother. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby being watched over by its mother. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby being watched over by its mother. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby being watched over by its mother. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby being watched over by its mother. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby being watched over by its mother. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby being watched over by its mother. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby being watched over by its mother. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby being watched over by its mother. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) mother with baby. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) mother with baby. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) mother with baby. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) mother with baby. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) mother with baby. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) sniffing the air. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) among bmboo. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) among bamboo. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) among bamboo. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in water. The male at the rear is courting the female. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) swimming. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby portrait. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby among foliage. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in water. The male, behind, is courting the female. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in water. The male (foreground) is courting the female. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Pete Oxford / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) mother and baby on bank of Tiputini River, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) swimming across Tiputini River, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Kevin Schafer / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) swimming, Cristalino River, Amazonia, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) by the Pixaim River in Pantanal Wildlife Center. The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, October.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) resting in the Pixaim River. Pantanal Wildlife Center, in the The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, October.

Pete Oxford / Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) swimming, Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, Vulnerable species

Pete Oxford / Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) beside Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, Vulnerable species

Pete Oxford / Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) beside Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, Vulnerable species

Nick Garbutt / South American / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) swimming across the Piquiri River, northern Pantanal, Brazil. September

Mark Bowler / Brazilian lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Peru

Kevin Schafer / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) crossing the Tambopata River, Peru

Kevin Schafer / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) feet, native to Brazil

Pete Oxford / Mother and young Brazilian tapir {Tapirus terrestris}captive, Amazon, Southern Ecuador

Luciano Candisani / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in grassland, Cerrado Ecosystem, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) portrait, Cerrado Ecosystem, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil

Nick Gordon / Brazilian tapir juvenile swimming in forest creek (Tapirus terrestris) Amazonia, Brazil

Nick Gordon / Brazilian tapir swimming in flooded forest whilst eating leaves (Tapirus terrestris) Amazonia, Brazil

Nick Gordon / Brazilian tapir {Tapirus terrestris} cooling off in forest creek, Amazonia, Brazil

Juan Manuel Borrero / Skull of Tapir {Tapirus sp} held by forest warden, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru 2006.

Ingo Arndt / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) calling in rainforest, Amazon ecosystem, vulnerable, Peru

Ingo Arndt / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) individual calling, Amazon ecosystem, vulnerable, Peru

Ingo Arndt / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) portrait amid foliage, Amazon ecosystem, vulnerable, Peru

Ingo Arndt / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) calling in rainforest, Amazon ecosystem, vulnerable, Peru

Pete Oxford / Brazilian tapir {Tapirus terrestris} in water, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Brazialian tapir wading into river {Tapirus terrestris} Urubamba river, Amazonia, Peru

Pete Oxford / Brazilian tapir {Tapirus terrestris} standing in water, Amazon, Ecuador, captive

Pete Oxford / Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Female, wild Serra da Bodoquena. Brazil

Staffan Widstrand / Brazilian Tapir swimming {Tapirus terrestris} Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Brazilian tapir swimming across Lower Urubamba river, {Tapirus terrestris} Peru

Pete Oxford / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) wild male, Serra Da Bodoquena region, Pantanal, Brazil

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in the rainforest, Peru

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in the rainforest, Peru

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) on the banks of the Aguarico River, Amazon rainforest, Peru

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) foraging in the Amazon rainforest, Peru

Mark Moffett / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) portrait, an important disperser of fruit seeds in the Atlantic Forest ecosystem, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) portrait, southern Brazil

Claus Meyer / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby showing spots and stripes which will disappear with maturity, southern Brazil

Konrad Wothe / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) young swimming, Pantanal, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Brazialian tapir swimming {Tapirus terrestris} Urubamba river, Amazonia, Peru

Gabriel Rojo / Brazilian tapir juvenile {Tapirus terrestris} captive Chaco, Argentina

Gabriel Rojo / Brazilian tapir {Tapirus terrestris} captive, Chaco, Argentina

Gabriel Rojo / Brazilian tapir {Tapirus terrestris} captive, Chaco, Argentina

Pete Oxford / Brazialian tapir footprint {Tapirus terrestris} Lower Urubamba river, Amazonia, Peru

Pete Oxford / Brazilian tapir swimming {Tapirus terrestris} Lower Urubamba river, Amazonia, Peru

Pete Oxford / Brazialian tapir wading into river {Tapirus terrestris} Urubamba river, Amazonia, Peru

Nick Gordon / Brazilian tapir in river {Tapirus terrestris} Amazonia, Brazil

Anup Shah / Baby Brazilian tapir swimming {Tapirus terrestris} native to South America

Anup Shah / Brazilian tapir scenting air - flehmen response

Pete Oxford / Brazilian tapir, Ecuadorian Amazon, South America.

Staffan Widstrand / Head of Brazilian tapir {Tapirus terrestris} swimming. Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Pete Oxford / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris), Rewa River, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Kevin Schafer / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) crossing river, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Rod Williams / Brazilian tapir {Tapirus terrestris} male showing flehmen reaction. Captive.

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in the rainforest, Peru

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in the Amazon rainforest, Peru

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) on the banks of the Aguarico River, Amazon rainforest, Peru

Pete Oxford / Brazilian tapir swimming {Tapirus terrestris} Lower Urubamba river Amazonia Peru

Pete Oxford / Brazilian tapir swimming {Tapirus terrestris} Lower Urubamba river Amazonia Peru

Pete Oxford / Brazilian tapir, Amazon, Ecuador