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Tapirs (/ ˈ t eɪ p ər / TAY-pər) [8] [9] are large, herbivorous mammals belonging to the family Tapiridae. [3] 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.
The Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii), also known as the Central American tapir, is a species of tapir native to Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America. [4] It is the largest of the three species of tapir native to the Americas, as well as the largest native land mammal in both Central and South America.
Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) snout showing flehmen. A snout is the protruding portion of an animal's face, consisting of its nose, mouth, and jaw. In many animals, the structure is called a muzzle, [1] rostrum, beak or proboscis.
A South American tapir browsing leaves at Pouso Alegre, Transpantaneira, Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The South American tapir is an herbivore. Using its mobile nose, it feeds on leaves, buds, shoots, and small branches it tears from trees, fruit, grasses, and aquatic plants. They also feed on the vast majority of seeds found in the rainforest ...
Tapirs are the only extant group of perissodactyls with a trunk. Odd-toed ungulates have a long upper jaw with an extended diastema between the front and cheek teeth, giving them an elongated head. The various forms of snout between families are due to differences in the form of the premaxilla.
Tapiroidea is a superfamily of perissodactyls which includes the modern tapirs and their extinct relatives. Taxonomically, they are placed in suborder Ceratomorpha along with the rhino superfamily, Rhinocerotoidea.
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The elephant's trunk and the tapir's elongated nose are called "proboscis", as is the snout of the male elephant seal. Notable mammals with some form of proboscis are: Aardvark; Anteater; Elephant; Elephant shrew; Hispaniolan solenodon; Echidna; Elephant seal; Leptictidium (extinct) Moeritherium (extinct) Numbat; Proboscis monkey; Saiga ...