The tapire-iauara is a cryptid reported from the Amazon. Jacques Costeau wrote of the cabloco's belief in the "tapir-nymph [which] patrols the flooded forest to guard it from humans".[1] Naturalist Sy Montgomery wrote that "it grows big as a cow and attacks people in boats".[2]
Notes and references
↑Costeau, Jacques (1984) Jacques Costeau's Amazon Journey
↑Montgomery, Sy (2009) Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazon Quest
