Only six mountain tapirs remain in the world's zoos. Three are found at the Los Angeles Zoo, where the first successful captive breeding occurred. The Colorado Springs Zoo has a mountain tapir also. Although tapirs are quite docile, they have been known to throw tantrums, where they will bite and snarl. Tapirs love bananas.
Tapirs use their proboscis or trunk to pull food into their mouths.
The four species of tapir have not changed dramatically in almost 20 million years. Downer, Craig. 1996. The mountain tapir, endangered 'flagship' species of the high Andes. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New Jersey. Nowak, Ronald. 1999.