Tapir
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Tapirs 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 C
Tapir showing the flehmen response
Malayan tapir skull
Baird's tapir skull
South American tapir skull
Perissodactyla
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Perissodactyla, or odd-toed ungulates, is an order of ungulates. The order includes about 17 living species divided into three families: Equidae, Rhinocerotidae, and Tapiridae. They typically have red
Tapir
…trunk (proboscis). 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 extant. Tapirs migrated into South America from North America…
The Perissodactyl
The white rhinoceros is the largest living perissodactyl
Seven figures showing the bones, blood vessels, ligaments and arteries of the hoof and pastern of the horse.
Tapirs are the only extant group of perissodactyls with a trunk.