mountain tapir
Refers specifically to Tapirus pinchaque, a tapir species native to the Andes. In Japanese, animal names are often written in katakana.
The mountain tapir inhabits the highlands of South America.
Katakana spelling is common for this animal name; usually written in kana.
Kanji spelling using 獏 (tapir); rarely used in practice.
Alternate kanji spelling using 貘 (tapir); even less common than 山獏.
Compound of 山 (yama, 'mountain') and バク (baku, 'tapir'), literally 'mountain tapir'.