Sentences with phrase «of tapir»

Nanzuka gallery in Tokyo is currently showing «Amulet of the Tapir,» a solo exhibition by one of the leading pop artists of postwar Japan, Keiichi Tanaami.

Located in the heart of the Tapir Mountain Nature reserve, 6,700 acres managed by the Belize Audubon society, a huge entrance in a limestone hill welcomes you at the end of your 45 - minute walk through lush, undisturbed jungle vegetation.

However you will see its tracks along with tracks of tapir, deer, and other wildlife that inhabit the nature reserve.

It involves a 45 - minute hike, crossing streams and river banks of the Tapir Mountain Reserve to get to the cave's entrance.

The Actun Tunichil Muknal cave is also well known as the ATM cave and is located in the heart of the Tapir Mountain Nature reserve.

A walk into the heart of the Tapir Mountain Nature Reserve leads across a jungle river to the Cave of the Stone Sepulcher.

A quick transfer takes you to the entrance of the Tapir Mountain Reserve, where the 45 minute rainforest hike crossing creeks and streams begins.

Actun Tunichil Muknal which meaning is «cave of the stone sepulcher» is also well known as ATM cave and is located in the heart of the Tapir Mountain Nature reserve at 45 minutes drive from San Ignacio Town in Cayo District.

Deep in the heart of the Tapir Mountain Nature Reserve, the underground chambers of Actun Tunichil Muknal cave holds pre-Columbian artifacts and tombs of the ancients.

She is now at UCLA, not the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; an update September 12, 2017, corrected the species of tapir included in the study.

In the case of tapirs, Witmer found that their skulls have various characteristics such as nerve passages, blood ducts, and small muscle attachments that are caused by the snoutlike structure, and therefore necessary for the snout's existence.

Although herds of tapirs graze closeby, the ape - men are vegetarians who forage for grass and roots.

Not exact matches

Professor Hidetoshi Kato of Gakushuin University in Tokyo says that in Japanese folklore the mammal called a tapir, is the «animal who eats dreams.»

Located in Bolivia's eastern lowlands, the concession covers an area the size of Rhode Island and its forests provide habitat to tapirs, giant otters, and pumas.

It is a land of odd creatures: giant anteaters, tapirs, maned wolves, the llama - like guanaco, flightless rheas as tall as I am, and as many as 10 species of armadillo.

They also analyzed the feet of the closely related Central American tapir, which are oddly toed like Hyracotherium.

Apart from feeding on domestic animals, vampire bats occasionally took blood from wild tapirs, so the method may be useful for determining the distribution of elusive mammal prey.

With few trees to obstruct views, it is one of the best places in the country to watch tapir (Tapirus terrestris), giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), and, of course, the greater rhea (Rhea americana), the large flightless bird related to the ostrich which is locally known as «ema» in Portuguese.

Hundreds of thousands of hectares of the forests and wetlands would be cleared for the canal, destroying the habitats and food sources of already endangered species such as the Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii), the spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), the harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) and the jaguar (Panthera onca), a creature of mystical importance to Mesoamerican cultures.

This tapir has a face full of mud after feeding at a natural salt lick.

As the team reports July 1 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, supposed yeti and bigfoot samples turned out to come from bears (brown, black and polar), horses, raccoons, one human, some canines (the test didn't narrow down if they were wolves or dogs), cows, sheep, a North American porcupine, a Malaysian tapir and a serow, which is a known animal similar to a goat or antelope.

When colleagues suggested that the dinosaur Diplodocus might have a tapirlike snout, Witmer methodically dissected three tapirs (as many as he could get his hands on) looking for what he calls «osteological correlates» of the snout.

Such big urban centers require lots of food, and the Mayans hunted deer, peccaries, and tapirs.

Males will vary their fruit diet on occasion by driving their hardened, fruit - piercing mouthparts into mammals, such as cattle, tapirs and even elephants and humans, for a drink of fresh blood.

Although they encounter giant armadillo holes, tapir tracks, and a troop of woolly monkeys — indications that hunting pressure is low and that the area has been largely undisturbed — the shaggy bicho emits no hair - raising cries, leaves no feces for collection.

Scientists, including those at the Natural History Museum, have revealed the closest living relatives of South America's ungulates, or hooved mammals, to be horses, tapirs and rhinos.

The team showed that the closest living relatives of these species were the perissodactyls, the group that includes horses, rhinos and tapirs.

Tapirs are a species of mammal resembling pigs and elephants but are actually a close relative to horses and rhinos due to to having 3 toes on their feet.

Yeah, Sticker Star is fun in its own right, but it tapirs a little considering that the first two were made in the hands of heavenly beings.

Gordon and Tapir by Sebastian Meschenmoser (NorthSouth, April) Mr. Squirrel and the Moon was one of our very favorite 2015 picture books, and we can't wait to see the humor and charm that will no doubt fill Meschenmoser's odd - couple tale.

The latest project of the award - winning dynamic duo takes the reader to Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest wetlands, where field scientist Patricia Medici leads a talented team in search of the unsung tapir.

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On your fully escorted Costa Rica tour you can expect to possibly see many of the rare Costa Rica wildlife species in their natural habitat including everything from the endangered sea turtles, quetzal birds or scarlet macaw, to the elusive Jaguar, tapirs, or 2 and 3 toed sloths.

Around the lakes, there are trails that take us to other parts of the jungle, in the habitat of felines and mammals, such as tapirs, wild hogs, huanganas and at night, one can observe caimans.

Actun Tunichil Muknal is found within the Tapir Mountain Nature Reserve in the Cayo District of Belize.

Aside from actually touring the interior of the caves, your day of adventure to Actun Tunichil Muknal will include a jungle hike, the chance to spot wildlife in the Tapir Mountain Nature Reserve and a scenic drive between Belize City and the reserve itself within the Cayo District.

Visit to get up close and personal with jaguars, tapirs and all sorts of native wildlife.

Identify some of the 500 - plus species of orchids, and search for tapirs and mantled howler monkeys.

The Bioparc de Fuengirola, enjoy the exhibits of lemurs, tigers, tapirs, and deer with your family.

Much of the area remains covered by thick jungle vegetation, not only hiding further Mayan structures but also home to wildlife like armadillos, tapirs, crocodiles, and many more, making it a great spot to catch a glimpse of Belize's incredible biodiversity.

The Maya Biosphere Reserve, more than twice the size of Yellowstone National Park, is home to over 400 species of birds, plus spider monkeys, howler monkeys, and tapirs.

Belize Zoo houses 48 species of native animal, a bestiary including jaguars, pumas, parrots, tapirs, monkeys, crocodiles, and boa constrictors.

In the watery tomb, divers also found many bones of creatures that were later identified as puma, sabertooth, giant tapir, boar, coyote, bear and gomphothere — a distant elephant relative.

It is possible to catch a glimpse of such elusive jungle inhabitants as Tapir, Ocelot, Margay, Howler Monkey, Agouti, Coatimundi, Brocket Deer and Peccary.

Boasting a huge network of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, you can easily admire many more animals such as the Baird's tapir: the national animal of Belize, jaguars and parades of cutter ants.

 Research grants were also given to Wilber Martinez for work on the Ecology of Conservation of the BairdÂ's Tapir and Alex Anderson for research on the Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve Queen Conch.

Along with hundreds of bird species and tapirs, there are jaguars who call the wildlife sanctuary their home.

Take a day tour or spend several days camping — either one provides you with the chance to encounter exotic tropical plants and birds, or to see wildlife, including howler monkeys, crocodiles, or the tracks of the elusive jaguar and tapir (just hope they're only the tracks).

Tapir - danta; Tapirus bairdii: The national animal of Belize.

Among the mammals found in the preserve are Coatis, Tapirs, Deer, Otters, Anteaters, Armadillos, and, of course, the elusive jaguars.