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small stripped baby of the endangered South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris)

Malayan tapir cools down by entering water

Wild Tapir in a Costa Rican nature reserve.

A young tapir walking on thr grass, cute animal

$English names: Baird's tapir, Central American tapir\nScientific name: Tapirus bairdii\n\nCountry: Costa Rica\nLocation: Corcovado National Park$

Close-up of the back of a tapir with its unique ear shape

Adult tapir portrait - Ola Peninsula, Costa Rica

A Lowland Tapir, Tapirus terrestris, aka South American Tapir, in a river in the Pantanal area of Brazil

South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris) against white background

$Tapir in the open field, grazing tapir, South American tapir walking on Gras, South American tapirs in the cage, View of a South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris)\n\nTapirs are large, herbivorous mammals belonging to the family Tapiridae. They are similar in shape to a pig, with a short, prehensile nose trunk. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South and Central America and Southeast Asia. They are one of three extant branches of Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates), alongside equines and rhinoceroses. Only a single genus, Tapirus, is currently extant. Tapirs migrated into South America during the Pleistocene epoch from North America after the formation of the Isthmus of Panama as part of the Great American Interchange. Tapirs were formerly present across North America, but became extinct in the region at the end of the Late Pleistocene, around 12,000 years ago.$