The+Awesome+Tapir

**__Made by Ryan S... Cause that's how I roll...__**

=__//**As you can probably tell by the title, the Tapir is so awesome (different species below).**//__=
 * **[|Baird's Tapir], //Tapirus bairdii//**
 * **[|Malayan Tapir], //Tapirus indicus//**
 * **[|Mountain Tapir], //Tapirus pinchaque//**
 * **[|Brazilian Tapir] (also called Lowland Tapir), //Tapirus terrestris//**

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A squat animal, weighs about 660 pounds, short trunk on end of snout.
=__**DIET:**__=

**Eats forest shrubs and herbs, as well as fruit and seeds**.
=**__BEHAVIOR & ADAPTATIONS:__**=

Very tough leather-like skin.
=**__REPRODUCTION:__**=

**Live birth, young feeds through mother's mammary glands for a couple of months.**
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**Tapirs are hunted for their flesh and hides.**
=**__STATUS:__**=

Tapirs are endangered, with **l**ess than 3000 left. Not species, but the actual animal.
=__HISTORY:__=

**Related to Horse, Donkeys, and Rhinoceros'**
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=**__SOURCES:__**=

**"Tapir" Wikipedia April 8, 2008**
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapir