Smallest living species of tapir

- Who
- kabomani tapir Tapirus kabomani
- Where
- Brazil
- When
- 2013
The smallest of the five living species of tapir currently known to science is the kabomani tapir (Tapirus kabomani), weighing on average only 110 kg.
The kabomani is also the newest species of tapir and although the smallest tapir, it is also one of the largest new mammals to have been discovered for a century.