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Comparison of tapir tracks

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Photo © 1998 Rachel T. Emmer Right front track of a Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii) found along the Raspaculo River in Belize.

Photo © 1997 Patrícia Medici Right front track of a lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) from the Pontal do Paranapanema in western Brazil. For a picture of a rear foot track from the same area, click here (photo by Heidi Frohring).

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Photo © Craig C. Downer Right front track of a mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) from the Andes of Ecuador.

The small toe of the lowland and Baird's tapirs are set back further on the foot than that of the mountain tapir. In each picture, the small toe is the one on the right side of the foot.