The Tapir Scientist: Saving South America's Largest Mammal
by Montgomery, Sy
Series:Scientists in the Field (Houghton Mifflin)
EndangeredAAAS/Subaru PrizeScientistsJunior Library Guild SelectionCoop. Children's Book CenterNSTA/CBC Outstanding ScienceHabitats
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AR Book Level
6.4
AR Points
3
Word Count
19,874
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
159530 EN
About this book
Photos and text capture one of nature's shyest animals, the hard-to-find and hard-to-study tapir. Lowland tapirs are rapidly disappearing from Brazil, and scientists are using amazing high-tech gadgets and equipment to learn why.