Tapirus pinchaque (Roulin, 1829) . Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., 18:46.

TYPE LOCALITY: Colombia, Cundinamarca, Paramo de Sumapaz .

DISTRIBUTION: Andes of Colombia and Ecuador; perhaps W Venezuela and N Peru.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: andicola, leucogenys, roulinii, villosus.

COMMENTS: Revised by Hershkovitz (1954).