I was going through some old family home movies from 1992 and I took this screenshot from a family visit to Lincoln Park Zoo. I have no idea what this animal is. The exhibit signage says "capybara," but that is definitely not a capybara.
@Great Argus@Coelacanth18 That's what I thought it might have been, but the nose looked too short to me. Lincoln Park Zoo did have tapirs throughout the '90s which would make sense. They must not have updated the exhibit signage. Thanks for your help!
@PAKMan No problem. The shorter snout is common for that species - if you look through online images of Lowland/Brazilian, you'll see a lot with trunks similar in length to this one.
@mrcriss That's what also made me wonder if it was a tapir or not! Looked too heavy to me. I'm assuming it was probably a recent arrival to the zoo (given the outdated signage) but I wish I knew the history of it!
@mrcriss I knew that the snouts are prehensile and wondered if it was just be tucked in, but I also noticed that many photos of Lowland Tapir show the snouts being that length compared to Baird's. I suppose it could be either; fortunately, the coat color is an identifier for Lowland as well.
