Large Mammals Looks Like Wild Hogs With Anteater Snouts

Tapirs are large mammals that look like wild hogs with anteater snouts. In reality, tapirs are neither, and they are most closely related to horses and rhinos. Indeed, tapirs are a bit of a hodge-podge. They are about the size of a donkey. They have round bodies, short legs and stubby tails, sort of like a hippo. Their eyes and ears are small. They have four toes on each front foot and three toes on each back foot, Habitat Most tapirs live in South America, from southern Mexico to Venezuela, Brazil and Paraguay. The Malayan tapir is the exception; it lives in Asia — Burma, Thailand, Malaya and Sumatra. No matter the region, all tapirs live in areas with a good water source, including woods, rainforests, mountains and grasslands. Diet Tapirs are herbivores, which means they eat vegetation, such as leaves and fruit. To find watering holes and prime vegetation, tapirs follow trails made by the feet of many tapirs that have traveled the same path. Tapirs will also dive to the bottom of watering holes to eat vegetation on the bottom. Habits Tapirs are somewhat social creatures. They graze together in groups called a candle, though they don’t seem to have complex relationships. tapir baby tapir tapir animal tapir animals the animal tapir tapir babies tapir baby tapir malaysia malayan tapir south american tapir baird tapir baird’s tapir baird&tapir tapir south america what is a tapir mountain tapir tapir pronunciation tapir mating tapir mate mating tapir brazilian tapir what...