Tapir
Appearance
Tapir | |
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Brazilian tapir | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Faimily: | Tapiridae Gray, 1821 |
Genus: | Tapirus Brünnich, 1772 |
Extant species | |
Tapirus bairdii |
A tapir is a muckle brousin mammal, seemilar in shape tae a pig, wi a short, prehensile snout. Tapirs inhabit jungle an forest regions o Sooth Americae, Central Americae, an Sootheast Asie. The five species o tapirs are the Brazilian tapir, the Malayan tapir, Baird's tapir, Kabomani tapir, an the muntain tapir. Fower are clessifee'd as endangered or vulnerable. Thair closest relatives are the ither odd-toed ungulates, includin horse an rhinoceroses.