Mountain Tapir vs Sapele

Tapirus pinchaque compared with Entandrophragma cylindricum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Tapir	Sapele
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Perissodactyla (Odd-toed Ungulates)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Tapiridae	Meliaceae
Genus	Tapirus	Entandrophragma
Species	Tapirus pinchaque	Entandrophragma cylindricum

Conservation Status

Mountain Tapir

VU — Vulnerable

Sapele

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Tapir	Sapele
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Tapir

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

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

Sapele

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.