TAPIRS
Mammal     -      Vertebrate     -      Herbivore

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Male:  Bull

Female:  Cow

Young:  Calf

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TAPIRS
There are four species of tapirs.  All the four species of tapir are either endangered or vulnerable.

• ​Eat leaves, branches, bamboo and fruit and some aquatic plants.
• Are related to horses and rhinoceroses.
• Have a trunk.
• Have four toes on their front feet and three toes on their back feet.
• Live as long as 25 - 30 years.
• Live in South and Central America and South Asia.
• Prefer to live in forests or in high grasses.
• The woolly tapir lives in the Andes Mountains.
• The main predators are tigers, jaguars, anacondas and crocodiles.
• Are good swimmers and can also walk along the bottom of rivers.

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Visit:  Tapirs . COLLECTIVE NOUNS

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MALAYAN TAPIR CALF