Instituto Estadual do Ambiente Before then, the last time one of these herbivores — which are the largest terrestrial animal in South America — had last been spotted in Rio de Janeiro state ...

South America's largest land mammal has made a historic ... The South American tapir is known as the "gardener of the forest" because the herbivore plays a vital role in the ecosystem, scattering ...

The paper, by W.J. Ripple at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR, and colleagues was titled, 'Collapse of the world's largest herbivores.' ...