#tapirus

[mammalianmammals]

Baird's Tapir or Central American Tapir (Tapirus bairdii), family Tapiridae, Costa Rica

ENDANGERED.

photograph by Kenneth Martinez

[snototter]

A juvenile Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) in Port Lympne Wildlife Park

by Dave Rolfe for the Aspinall Foundation

[kaseypuppy]

sanrio characters as cherries 🍒

via sanriobiddies on ig

[avatarmerch]

Big Feet Plush Tapirus

I can't imagine how it was decided to make a toy of the Tapirus, of all things. Not that I'm complaining, I love these guys just because of how weird they are. Why do they have four queues on their snout instead of two on their head?? No one knows

[animalids]

Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii)

Photo by Daniel Scherer

[the-faunal-frontier]

Tapirus kabomani - Kabomani Tapir

[lapugaa]

De la serie “When do you read? // Pora hruundu’ gui'chi (zapoteco) // ¿Cúando te pones a leer?”

[wapiti3]

South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), Brazilian tapir

The South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), Brazilian tapir (from the Tupi tapi'ira), lowland tapir or (in Portuguese) anta, is one of five species in the tapir family.

  Behavior

Lowland tapirs are excellent swimmers and divers, but also move quickly on land, even over rugged, mountainous terrain. They have a life span of approximately 25 to 30 years. In the wild, their main predators are crocodilians (only the black caiman and Orinoco crocodile, the latter of which is critically endangered, are large enough to take these tapirs, as the American crocodileonly exists in the northern part of South America) and large cats, such as the jaguar and cougar, which often attack tapirs at night when they leave the water and sleep on the riverbank. Brazilian tapirs are also attacked by green anacondas. They are known to run to water when scared to take cover. source-wikipedia

photo source-calphoto database