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Tapir
* All tapirs are endangered species
* All tapirs have chisel-like incisors
  - white edges on the ears
* All tapirs swim and spend a good deal of time in rivers and lakes
  - in rivers and lakes and require mineral procurement sites
* Most tapirs eat leaves
  - plants
  - trees
  - young trees
  - give birth to tapirs
* Most tapirs has-part arms
  - eyes
  - feet
  - skin
  - teeth
  - have backs
* Most tapirs have brown coats
  - fur
  - color patterns
* Most tapirs have dark brown coats
* Most tapirs have distinctive color patterns
  - eyesights
  - few natural predators
  - long noses
  - poor eyesights
  - short tails
* Most tapirs have thick necks
  - toes
  - inhabit forest habitats
* Most tapirs inhabit various forest habitats
* Most tapirs live in South America, from southern Mexico to Venezuela, Brazil and Paraguay
  - areas
  - few places
  - jungle
  - mountain areas
  - regions
* Most tapirs move prehensile snouts
* Most tapirs possess bodies
  - produce offspring
  - resemble pigs
  - use noses
* Some tapirs eat bushes
  - fish
  - fruit
  - moss
  - feed on grass
* Some tapirs have calves
  - density
  - mountains
  - parasites
  - senses
  - sides
  - help rainforests
* Some tapirs live in Ecuador
  - up to years
  - persist in countries
  - possess bands
* Some tapirs reach maturity
  - sexual maturity
  - stay with mothers
  - survive rainstorm
  - use prehensile snouts
* act as forest architects.
* also have small, rounded ears which are immobile, but give a tapir a keen sense of hearing
  - strong jaws and large teeth that can inflict a serious bite
  - swim very well
* are active at night
  - agile climbers, clambering up steep hillsides and river banks with apparent ease
* are also able to sink to the riverbed and walk along the bottom, just like rhinos can
  - flexible enough to grab food that is seemingly out of reach
  - crepuscular, adopting a more nocturnal pattern when in close association with humans
* are generally harmless, gentle and tame in captivity, but can be ferocious when provoked
  - most active at night, although they are often active during the day
  - shy, but when scared they can defend themselves with their very powerful jaws
* are good climbers and can even climb vertical fencing
  - swimmers
  - herbivores , and eat a wide range of plants, including leaves, grasses, and bromeliads
* are herbivores that feed up on water plants, fruits and buds
  - primarily live in forests and grasslands
  - herbivores, which means they eat vegetation, such as leaves and fruit
* are herbivorous and eat tree shoots, water plants' foliage and succulent herbs
  - browsers and grazers
  - important recyclers of nutrients, helping the soil and landscape thrive
  - large mammals that look like wild hogs with anteater snouts
  - native to southern Central America
  - nocturnal and solitary creatures, with a love for dense cover and water
* are one of the largest mammals in new world rainforests
  - lesser-known large animals in the world
  - peaceful herbivores
  - related to horses and rhinoceroses
  - seed dispersers and benefit native plant communities
  - social animals and very easily stressed if kept on their own
* are solitary and inhabit mainly tropical rainforests
  - mark territory with dung piles and sprayed urine, very similar to rhinos
  - animals who spend most of their time alone except for females and their young
  - somewhat social creatures
  - surprisingly agile swimmers given their size
  - terrified of rain
  - territorial with partially overlapping areas
* are the largest terrestrial mammals in Central America
  - most primitive large mammals in the world
  - only one of the animals hunted by the big cats of the rain forest
  - usually solitary except when mothers have young
  - very good swimmers, runners, and hill climbers
  - wonderful, gentle creatures that are soft, sweet, and full of meat
* can also swim in search of underwater plant life and use the water to cool their bodies
  - climb remarkably well, regardless of their bulk
  - communicate with each other in a number of ways
  - grab things with their trunks, somewhat like an elephant
* eat fruit, seeds, berries and leaves
  - moss and only moss
  - small branches and leaves as much as fresh sprouts of leafs, trees, and flowers
* everywhere are solitary, shy, timid, and nocturnal.
* exist only in Malay and tropical America.
* feed each morning and evening
  - mainly on leaves, fresh sprouts and small branches
  - on leaves, shoots, buds, and small branches
* get along well with many other types of animals.
* go waaaaay back in the history of hoofed mammals.
* have a highly developed sense of smell
  - short fur , with colors that are reddish-brown to grey to nearly black
  - thick skin and a long, flexible snout
* have an acute sense of smell and select food plants at least in part on the basis of odor
  - exceptional sense of smell
  - hoofed toes , with four toes on the front feet and three toes on the hind feet
  - incredibly strong dentate molars for grinding hard seeds and tough plant material
  - simple stomachs and are hindgut fermenters that ferment digested food in a large cecum
  - single births
  - thick, hairy, black skin, short tails, and short trunks
  - thick-set bodies with short legs, a protruding rump and a short, stubby tail
  - very tough skin, like hard leather
  - cells
  - cytoplasm
  - heads
  - plasma membranes
* inhabit countries
* live alone
* live in dense forest, browsing by night on leaves and twigs
  - forests , and close to water
* love the water.
* make conspicuous trails in the forest, but they also pass through areas with no trails.
* mate all year round but mostly during the rainy season.
* often curl their lips and raise their snouts, making a funny-looking face.
* sometimes tend to eat before sunrise and after sunset.
* tend to be fairly solitary animals.
  - their proboscis or trunk to pull food into their mouths
+ Rainforest, Plants and animals
  * Many colorful birds also live among the canopy of the rain forest, and there are also animals that live on the forest floor. The tapir is a forest animal that looks like a large pig. It is actually in the same animal family as the horse and the rhinoceros. They live in South American and Asian rain forests, eating leaves, twigs, and fruit. Tapirs are the only one of the animals hunted by the big cats of the rain forest. Jaguars, leopards, and tigers are the largest predators of the rain forest. All of these cats have beautiful fur coats that have made them desired by hunters for years. The spotted coats of the jaguar and leopards were especially popular for fur coats. Today most countries are trying to protect their big cats, but many are still hunted illegally.
+ Tapir, Appearance: Odd-toed ungulates
  * They have a rounded body and very short stubby tails. Tapirs have hoofed toes, with four toes on the front feet and three toes on the hind feet. The Tapir's upper lip and nose have formed a short trunk, and they have a long tongue.
  * Tapirs have a short fur, with colors that are reddish-brown to grey to nearly black. Exceptions are the Mountain Tapir and the Asian Tapir. The Mountain Tapir has longer wooly fur. The Asian Tapir has a black front part and legs, and a white middle part and back. All baby tapirs have brown fur, with lighter stripes and dots for camouflage.
  * Tapirs cannot see very well, but they have good hearing and a very good sense of smell. Tapirs also swim very well
  * Tapirs are active at night. They eat leaves, fruit, berries, vegetables and nuts.
  * Tapirs live alone. After a pregnancy of about 13 months, the female gives birth to a single baby. After half a year the baby starts to lose the baby-coloring of its fur. When the young tapir is one year old it looks like an adult tapir, and it leaves its mother. Tapirs become mature when they are 4 years old. Tapirs can become 25 - 30 years old