15 Cool Facts About Tapirs — Plus Photo Gallery! : EcoLocalizer

15 Cool Facts About Tapirs — Plus Photo Gallery!

Written by Rhishja Larson

Published on September 25th, 2009

Posted in About Animals, In Asia, In The Americas

Tapir fact 12: They are excellent swimmers and can even dive to feed on aquatic plants.

Pictured: Lowland tapirs.

Image source: flickr.com/frank-wouters/ / CC BY 2.0

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Tags: Bairds tapir, Central America, conservation, endangered species, fragmented poulation, habitat loss, IUCN List of Threatened Species, lowland tapir, Malayan tapir, mountain tapir, odd-toed unglulate, South America, Southeast Asia, ungulates

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Duncan said on September 25th, 2009 at 2:33 pm

Now…WHAT DO YA KNOW ?!!!
WOW…TAPIRS…WONDERFUL ANIMALS

THANKS RHISH’…You’re really working hard !!!

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