This week, the biggest animal discovery of the 21st century was announced. Meet kabomani, the “little black tapir.” He’s a shy and elusive fellow, living below the radar in the grasslands and forests of Brazil and Colombia. He’s also the largest terrestrial mammal found since 1992, when the saola of Southeast Asia raised his bovine head. How does a quarter-ton animal slip past the prying eyes of science for so long? Easy- just ignore what local people have been trying to tell you! Read the rest of Brand New Pygmy Tapir is the Largest Terrestrial Mammal Found Since 1992 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: biggest animal discovery of the 21st century , kabomani , karitiana , largest terrestrial animal discovery since 1992 , new pygmy tapir discovered , new tapir in brazil and colombia , perissodactyl , saola , tapir , Tapirus kabomani , Tapirus terrestrius , Theodore Roosevelt
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Brand New Pygmy Tapir is the Largest Terrestrial Mammal Found Since 1992
