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Type of odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal
Has types new world tapir, tapirus terrestris, indian tapir, malayan tapir, tapirus indicus

Examples of tapir

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This small hornless ancestor resembled a tapir or small horse more than a rhino.
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Distinct barks identify black or yellow agouti, peccary, pacca, tapir and jaguar.
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Other balancers and leapers include the mountain zebra, mountain tapir, and hyraxes.
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Alvaro del CampoA tapir visiting a mineral lick in the headwaters of the Yaguas River.
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The Malayan tapir has rather poor eyesight, but excellent hearing and sense of smell.
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In the Palearctic zone are found such mammals as the horse, camel, tapir, and jerboa.
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The problem is there's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
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In the Malay language, the tapir is commonly referred to as cipan, tenuk or badak tampong.
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In the Palearctic zone, mammals such as the horse, camel, tapir, and jerboa can be found.
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More examples
  • Large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout
  • A tapir ("taper", or "ta-pier") is a large browsing mammal, similar in shape to a pig, with a short, prehensile snout. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South America, Central America, and Southeast Asia. ...
  • Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates with a long prehensile upper lip
  • The tapirs are large, browsing animals, roughly pig-like in shape but with a short trunk that can grasp or hold things. Source: Katie KellerLynn
  • (to the Royal Netherlands Navy as Zeehond (2))