Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Baird's tapir FAMILY - Tapiridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Tapirus bairdii REFERENCES - 3 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 13 Threatened throughout range 4 Hunted - subsistence or commercial 4 IUCN - Vulnerable 3 Cites I 3 U.S. ESA - Endangered 3 - Comments on Status 4* threatened by hunting and deforestation District Reference Belize 2 Cayo 2 Corozal 2 Orange Walk 2 Stann Creek 2 Toledo 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Collected as voucher July 33 Slate Creek Preserve 28 Community Baboon Sanctuary 27 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary Sign, tracks/scat Dry season 26 Caracol Archaeological Reserve Sighting Dry season 25 Chiquibul National Park Sign, tracks/scat Dry season 22 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary Sign, tracks/scat Wet season 23 Columbia River Forest Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Wet season 21 Columbia River Forest Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Dry season 20 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Dry season 19 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) Sighting Dry season 18 Columbia River Forest Reserve 17 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 16 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 15 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary 14 Shipstern Nature Reserve 13 Bladen Nature Reserve Sign, tracks/scat 11 Bladen Nature Reserve 10 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 9 Columbia River Forest Reserve 8 Columbia River Forest Reserve 7 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 6 Five Blues Lake National Park Sign, tracks/scat 5 Manatee Forest Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Wet season 24 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Wet season 29 Chiquibul National Park Sign, tracks/scat Wet season 29 Gallon Jug Sighting 30 Tapir Mtn. Nature Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Wet season 31 Shipstern Nature Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Dry season 32 Chiquibul National Park Collected as voucher APRIL 34 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher March 33 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher December 35 Hydrologic Association Reference Macal River 34 Roaring Creek 31 Macal River 29 Macal River 19 Prasco Ha Creek 17 Cox's Lagoon 18 Raspaculo River 16 Mussel Creek 12 Mullins River Drainage 24 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10' 35 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 35 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 33 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 29 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 28 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 27 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 26 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 25 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 23 16 30' to 16 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 22 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 20 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 18 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 24 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 19 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 14 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 13 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 11 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 9 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 30 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 31 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 32 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 34 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 33 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 35 Subtropical moist 33 Subtropical moist 34 Subtropical moist 32 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 31 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 33 General Distribution Comments 35* Belize City. Date:12/23/1970. Sex: M. Remarks: skull, hyoid & piece of skin only; received at S.F. Zoo 12 Jul 1969; age 2 years; skin not found 16 May-N.L.W."" CMM comments: probable zoo animal captured in BZ, not necessarily Belize City. 33* ROM Rockstone Pond; Augustine. 34* LSU Ballerina Camp 31* NE portion TMNR 19* Guacamallo Bridge 19* Rubber Camp tracks, scat, sightings; Francelia Camp tracks, scat, sightings 5* "tracks near where creek turns N" and "tracks in hills E of Darknight Cave" and "mountain cow tracks" 8* "abundant" 9* "widely distributed, but not abundant" 11* "tracks freq., one observation" 18* "two observed and one complete skeleton found in hunter's camp, Cox Lagoon" References 1 McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter 25 (2-3). 2 Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley & Sons. New York. 2:1077 3 Wilson, D. E., D. M. Reeder. 1993. Mammal Species of the World, a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second ed. Smithsonian Inst. p.371 4 Emmons, L. H. 1990. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, a field guide. University of Chicago Press. Chicago and London. p.157 5 Esselman, P. C. December 10, 1993. Rapid Environmental Assessment: Manatee Forest Reserve and Indian Creek. Unpub. report for School for International Training and Monkey Bay Sanc. p. 47 6 Rabinowitz, A.; B. G. Nottingham, Jr. 1989. Mammal species richness and relative abundance of small mammals in a subtropical wet forest of Central America. Mammalia V. 53, No. 2, pp.217-226 7 Meyer, J. R. 1993. The University College of Belize Biological Expedition to the Columbia Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.1-9 8 Parker, T. A. III, B. K. Holst, L. H. Emmons, J. R. Meyer. 1993. A Biological Assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.23-25, p. 80 9 Jacobson, S. 1990. Wildlife Inventory of the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area. Parts I and II. Appendix 2. 10 Miller, C., B. Miller in Iremonger, S., R. Sayre. 1993. A REA, the Bladen Nature Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. DRAFT. Appendix VII 11 Brokaw, N. L. V., T. L. Lloyd-Evans. 1987. The Bladen Branch Wilderness. p. 21 12 Weyer, D. 1994. Proposal to Establish the Mussel Creek Drainage as a Wildlife Sanctuary. p.18 13 Meerman, J. C. 1993. Mammals of the Shipstern Nature Reserve. Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2:11, pp.83-85 14 Mackler, R., O. Salas. 1994. Management Plan Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary Belize. Unpub. draft report for BAS. p.15 15 Clark, W. 1993. A contribution to the mammals of the Mountain Pine Ridge; Hidden Valley Inn, Cayo District, Belize, Central America. Unpub. report for WCS. pp.7-8 16 Rodgers, A.D.F.; D. A. Sutton, eds. 1991. Report of the Joint Services Scientific Expedition to the Upper Raspaculo. Unpub. report. pp. E-1-1 and E-1-2 17 Meyer, J. February 1993. Belize Environmental Action Network Expedition to the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. 14-18 December 1992. Unpub. report. p.6 18 Hunt, H. R., J. Tamarack. 1992. Cox Lagoon Crocodile Preserve. Unpub. report. pp.3-4 19 Clark, W. C. 1992. Mammal Surveys Along the Macal River in Areas to be Affected by the Belize Electricity Board's Proposed Hydroelectric Project. pp.3-16. Draft report in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Volume II of III. 20 Matola, S. 1993. Report on Mammal Activity: 11-15 January Columbia River Forest Reserve. p.6-10 in The Columbia River Forest Reserve, A Rapid Assessment. Unpub. report 21 Matola, S. ed. 1990. The Columbia River Forest Reserve Expedition 9-16 December. p.37. Unpub. report 22 Matola, S., ed. 1992. The Maya Divide Expedition 1-15 May. Unpub. report 23 Matola, S., ed. 1990. The Cockscomb Basin Expedition Report June 11-18. Unpublished report 24 Miller, C., B. Miller. 1994. Avian Studies in the Upper Mullins River Basin, Feb. and May. Unpublished Report. 25 Miller, C., B. Miller. Natural History of Caracol: Mammals. 1989-1993. In prep. 26 Crease, A.J. 1989. Exercise King Vulture III, The British Army Bird Watching Society Expedition to Belize, February - March. 27 O'Connell, S. 1987. in Horwich, R. H. and J. Lyon. The Community Baboon Sanctuary, A Guide Book. Orangu-tan Press, Gays Mills, WI. pp. 113. 28 Meerman, J. C. 1994. Unpublished data, Slate Creek Preserve. 29 Barlow, S. C., G. B. Caddick. 1989. Report on the Status of the Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao, in Belize, Central America. Unpublished report. 30 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994 (Nov.). Working Checklist: Mammals of Gallon Jug and Chan Chich Lodge Area. Unpublished list. 31 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994. Preliminary Faunal Surveys at Tapir Mt. Nature Reserve, 27 Nov.-5 Dec., 1994. Unpublished report for BAS. 32 Quigley, H. B., B. W. Miller, C. M. Miller. 1995. Mammal Survey, Shipstern Nature Reserve, April 4-13, 1995. Unpublished report for ITCF. 33 ROM. 1995. Collections data from mammal department, Royal Ontario Museum. 34 LSU Museum of Natural Science, Belize collection. August 31, 1995. Curator: Mark S. Hafner. 35 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. UC, Berkeley. Belize Mammal Collection Data. Nov.1995
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