Family TAPIRIDAE (TAPIRS)

• [Large mammals with rounded back and hindquarters, tapering forequarters and nose, short, muscular legs, dark color, thick skin, and bristly, scattered hairs.

• 180-300 cm.

• Indo-Malayan and Neotropical Regions.

• Tropical and subtropical montane, lowland moist, swamp, and cloud forests, paramos, seasonally moist grassland, and savanna; strongly associated with water and riparian environments.

• 1 genus, 4 species, 7 taxa.

• 3 species Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.