Tapirus is a genus of tapir which contains the living tapir species. The Malayan tapir is usually included in Tapirus as well, although some authorities have moved it into its own genus, Acrocodia.
Extant species
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Baird's tapir (also called the Central American tapir)
Tapirus bairdii (Gill, 1865)
Mexico, Central America and northwestern South America.
South American tapir (also called the Brazilian tapir or lowland tapir)
Tapirus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Venezuela, Colombia, and the Guianas in the north to Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay in the south, to Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador in the West
Mountain tapir (also called the woolly tapir)
Tapirus pinchaque (Roulin, 1829)
Eastern and Central Cordilleras mountains in Colombia, Ecuador, and the far north of Peru.
Malayan tapir (also called the Asian tapir, Oriental tapir or Indian tapir)
Tapirus indicus (Desmarest, 1819)
Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand
The Kabomani tapir was at one point recognized as another living member of the genus, but is now considered to be nested within T. terrestris.
