Baird's tapir
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| phylum | Chordata | Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii) is a species of tapir native to Central America and northern South America. Baird's tapir has a distinctive cream-colored marking on its face and throat and a dark spot on each cheek, behind and below the eye. The rest of its hair is dark brown or grayish-brown. This tapir is the largest of the three American species and the largest native land mammal in both Central and South America.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Perissodactyla | |
| family | Tapiridae | |
| genus | Tapirus | |
| species | T. bairdii |
