Guapo was busy plucking his macaws, but at the word tapir he sprang to his feet, making the feathers fly in all directions. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
Unlike the hog, however, the tapir is a cleanly animal. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire] Reference
The tapir is a very large animal, -- about five or six feet long and three or four feet high. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Rattler] Reference
One book I consulted calls the tapir a kind of tiger, to which he bears hardly any resemblance. From Wordnik.com. [Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics] Reference
The tapir is a very archaic type of ungulate, not unlike the non-specialized beasts of the oligocene. From Wordnik.com. [V. Up the River of Tapirs] Reference
The tapir is a very archaic type of ungulate, not unlike the non - specialized beasts of the Oligocene. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Brazilian Wilderness] Reference
The latter weigh up to a hundred pounds, but, unlike the tapir, which is as good as beef, their meat is unpalatable. From Wordnik.com. [Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure] Reference
The tapir is a harmless creature, and although it has a good set of teeth, it never uses them for the purpose of defending itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
Once they started a giant tapir taking his afternoon snooze. From Wordnik.com. [Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America] Reference
Status and action plan of the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris). From Wordnik.com. [Bolivian Yungas] Reference
The Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) is another endangered species. From Wordnik.com. [Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests] Reference
Common species include the armadillo, squirrel, lynx, peccary and tapir. From Wordnik.com. [Tropical Humid Forests ecoregion (CEC)] Reference
I did, however, see some tapir-tracks, leading down to the water's edge. From Wordnik.com. [In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians] Reference
Whereas the tapir has a hog-like skin, the ant-bear has long, bristly hairs. From Wordnik.com. [Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America] Reference
This is only the second time that a shabrack tapir has been born in captivity in. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898] Reference
No wonder, since they've been waiting 15 years for a baby tapir to be born there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 23, 2009] Reference
Many of these belonged to animals such as the hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870] Reference
It is the largest of the four living tapir species and the only Old World representative. From Wordnik.com. [Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests] Reference
The Malayan tapir is but one of the many endangered mammals living in Sumatra's rain forests. From Wordnik.com. [Sumatran lowland rain forests] Reference
The population of the Malayan tapir has been drastically reduced, but they hang on in protected areas. From Wordnik.com. [Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests] Reference
The population of the Malayan tapir has been drastically reduced, but they survive in protected areas. From Wordnik.com. [Peninsular Malaysian rain forests] Reference
Its anatomy is much like that of the rhinoceros, while in general form the tapir reminds us of the hog. From Wordnik.com. [The Illustrated London Reading Book] Reference
The Malayan tapir is the largest of the four living tapir species and the only Old World representative. From Wordnik.com. [Sumatran montane rain forests] Reference
Hunting may be threatening populations of the tapir (Tapirus terrestris) and large primates in the north. From Wordnik.com. [Southwest Amazon moist forests] Reference
America, the tapir excepted, we look in vain for the coyote, the bear, the mountain-sheep, and the buffalo. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I] Reference
"Mr. Churchill has made up his mind, but if he gets his way every tadpole and tapir will take it as a precedent.". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 192-06-30] Reference
If there's anyone who doesn't want to play or at least fight a humanoid tapir, then I don't want to know about it. From Wordnik.com. [Warcraft Wonders of Tomorrow] Reference
The tiger, Asian elephant, Sumatran rhinoceros, Malayan tapir, gaur, and clouded leopard all fall into this category. From Wordnik.com. [Peninsular Malaysian rain forests] Reference
"Apocalypto," however, begins on a light note: the trapping, and graphic impalement, of a tapir on a fence of spikes. From Wordnik.com. [Mel's Jungle Boogie] Reference
The Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) is the largest of the four living tapir species and only Old World representative. From Wordnik.com. [Peninsular Malaysian rain forests] Reference
Our engraving shows that the five days old tapir resembles its mother in form, although its marking is quite different. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898] Reference
The Sumatran orangutan for example, is not found south of Lake Toba nor the Asian tapir Tapirus indicus (EN) north of it. From Wordnik.com. [Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra, Indonesia] Reference
A tapir has four or three toes, and it would seem that its ancestor had had five toes, of which one or two had been lost. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference
The population of the Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), the only Old World tapir representative, has been drastically reduced. From Wordnik.com. [Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests] Reference
Asian elephants, Sumatran rhinoceros, tigers, clouded leopards, and Malayan tapir all inhabit these rapidly shrinking forests. From Wordnik.com. [Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests] Reference
Its isolation has protected a great diversity of wildlife including indigenous species such as the mountain tapir and Andean condor. From Wordnik.com. [Sangay National Park, Ecuador] Reference
In his wanderings he had come upon a huge tapir, half eaten by a tiger, and saw footprints of that lord of the forest in all directions. From Wordnik.com. [Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America] Reference
Good populations of tapir Tapirus terrestris (NT), brocket deer Mazama sp. and jaguar Pantera onca (NT) inhabit the upland humid forests. From Wordnik.com. [Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia] Reference
Its spots and stripes are very similar to those of the young of the American tapir, several of which have been born in captivity in Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898] Reference
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