Lagos-rubber vs Mountain Tapir

Funtumia africana compared with Tapirus pinchaque

Key Differences

• Lagos-rubber is Least Concern while Mountain Tapir is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lagos-rubber	Mountain Tapir
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Gentianales (Enzianartige)	Perissodactyla (Unpaarhufer)
Family	Apocynaceae	Tapiridae
Genus	Funtumia	Tapirus
Species	Funtumia africana	Tapirus pinchaque

Conservation Status

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Tapir

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lagos-rubber	Mountain Tapir
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.

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.