15 Cool Facts About Tapirs — Plus Photo Gallery!

Mountain tapir with its tongue sticking out

Tapir fact 14: New World tapirs live in Central and South America. The Baird’s and lowland tapirs live in the forests and grasslands, and the mountain tapir lives high in the Andes Mountains. The Malayan tapir is an Old World tapir and is found in Southeast Asia.

Pictured: Mountain tapir.

Image source: flickr.com / CC BY 2.0

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

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

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