Tapir

Tapir Temporal range: 55–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Eocene–Holocene
Brazilian tapir
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Faimily:	Tapiridae Gray, 1821
Genus:	Tapirus Brünnich, 1772
Extant species
Tapirus bairdii Tapirus kabomani Tapirus indicus Tapirus pinchaque Tapirus terrestris

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.