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Bookmark or Share- Tapirus - WikipediaTapirus is a genus of tapir which contains the living tapir species. The Malayan tapir is usually included in Tapirus as well, although some authorities have moved it into its own genus, Acrocodia .
- Tapir - WikipediaTapirs (/ ˈteɪpər / TAY-pər) [ 8 ][ 9 ] are large, herbivorous mammals belonging to the family Tapiridae. [ 3 ] . They are similar in shape to a pig, with a short, prehensile nose trunk. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South and Central America and Southeast Asia.
- Tapir | Tropical, Forest-Dwelling & Herbivorous | Britannicatapir, (genus Tapirus), any of five species of hoofed mammals, the only extant members of the family Tapiridae (order Perissodactyla), found in tropical forests of Malaysia and the New World. Heavy-bodied and rather short-legged, tapirs are 1.3 to 2.5 metres (about 4 to 8 feet) long and reach about 1 metre at the shoulder.
- Tapirs - National GeographicLearn more about the tapir's life in the forests of South America. Get to know the unique animal that looks like a pig, sports a small trunk, and is related to horses and rhinoceroses.
- South American tapir - WikipediaThe South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), also commonly called the Brazilian tapir (from the Tupi tapi'ira[3]), the Amazonian tapir, the maned tapir, the lowland tapir, anta (Brazilian Portuguese), and la sachavaca (literally "bushcow", in mixed Quechua and Spanish), is one of the four recognized species in the tapir family (of the order Pe...
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