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Baird's Tapir
Stanley Jones

Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)

Baird’s Tapir (Tapirus bairdii: Tapiridae) Cow with calf but only the head of the cow is visible. Her body is submerged in the swamp. It was very dark as seen by the grainy picture.
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Habitat
Small forest swamp in a tropical rainforest at 800 m (2,625 ft) elevation.
Location
Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.
Date taken
July 2023
Scientific name
Tapirus bairdii
Equipment used
Canon
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bievreJJ
lucky you, Stanley, what a treat to see these marvelous animals, top notch, many tfs!!
 
jbpixels
Despite the difficult conditions an amazing capture.
Wiki, "Tapirs suffered large-scale extinctions at the end of the Pleistocene,..". Evidences/fossils finds of this species go back to 14 million years.
 

Media information

Category
Wild Mammals
Added by
Stanley Jones
Date added
View count
334
Comment count
6

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS R5
Aperture
ƒ/7.1
Focal length
500.0 mm
Exposure time
1/320 second(s)
ISO
12800
Filename
Baird's Tapir (cow) ?Rincon de la Vieja NP, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.jpg
File size
519.8 KB
Date taken
Sat, 08 July 2023 3:28 PM
Dimensions
1024px x 485px

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