Mountain Tapir
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| ヤマバク | |||
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| Romaji | Yamabaku
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| Debut | Kemono Friends (2015 Game) | ||
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| Scientific Name | Tapirus pinchaque
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| Distribution | South America
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| Diet | Herbivore
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| Avg. Lifespan | 25 to 30 years
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| Read More | Mountain tapir
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| Mountain Tapir | Festival | Pavilion | KF3 | Nexon Game | Gallery |
The Mountain Tapir is a type of mammal Friend that appeared in the original Kemono Friends mobile game. Her redesign first appeared in Guidebook 5 and she has since appeared in Kemono Friends 3.
Appearance
Her redesign has long, black hair with brown and white markings on the sidebangs. She has large animal ears and a short tail. She wears a black sweater, skirt, pantyhose and shoes with a white tip.
Series Appearances
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In Real Life
The Mountain Tapir is a species of tapir native to the cloud forests and páramo in the north Andean Mountains. As opposed to the other tapir species it has a thick woolly fur. Their fur is dark brown or black with a little lighter brown fur on the head and white around the mouth. They can be up to 1.80 meters long and 1 meter high at the shoulders and weigh up to 250 kilograms. As the name suggests, they usually stay at elevations between 2,000 and 4,400 meters.
Mountain Tapirs are herbivores, eating mainly leaves, fruit and ferns. They are a keystone species in northern South America as they disperse the seeds of many plants. Thanks to their inefficient digestion, plenty of nutrients are still available to the seeds. Since they're good swimmers and prefer to cool down on warm days, they additionally disperse the seeds near water. Wax palms appear to rely on the tapir exclusively for their dispersal.
Mountain Tapir are solitary and shy. They're not very territorial; while they do mark their own territories, they may overlap with the territory of others. They may communicate through whistling. A female goes into estrous every month and the male will try to court her by chasing her and trying to get her attention. A pregnancy lasts for around 13 months and a single baby is born. The baby is light brown with white spots and stripes to camouflage them in the dense forest. They lose their baby coat after a year but they will stay in their mothers care for around 18 months.
The Mountain Tapir was hunted for its meat and hides as well as traditional folk medicine. They're seen as pests by farmers since they eat any produce. The populations in the wild are rather low today and very fractured, many of which could have already fallen below sustainable levels. There are also little to no established breeding populations in captivity. Other threats to the species are deforestation and poaching.