Fragrant manjack vs Lowland Tapir

Cordia dichotoma compared with Tapirus terrestris

Key Differences

• Fragrant manjack is Least Concern while Lowland Tapir is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fragrant manjack	Lowland Tapir
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Perissodactyla (Odd-toed Ungulates)
Family	Cordiaceae	Tapiridae
Genus	Cordia	Tapirus
Species	Cordia dichotoma	Tapirus terrestris

Conservation Status

Fragrant manjack

LC — Least Concern

Lowland Tapir

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fragrant manjack	Lowland Tapir
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fragrant manjack

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Mauritius), Asia (Iraq, Maldives, Taiwan), and North America (United States).

Lowland Tapir

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.