Natural History Wanderings

The CoolDown reported

South America’s largest land mammal has made a historic comeback.

The South American tapir hasn’t been spotted in the Atlantic Forest for over 100 years and was considered extinct in Brazil’s coastal region. Scientists were happy to be proven wrong.

AS reported on the endangered animals’ exciting reappearance when recordings of a female South American tapir and her calves were discovered on hidden trail cameras.

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