Tapirs

In the tropics, large animal seed dispersers (such as tapirs, chimpanzees and hornbills) may disperse large seeds with few other seed dispersal agents. ❋ Wikipedia (2009)

A study led by Christian Voigt from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin, Germany, found the blood-seeking bats are switching to cattle from rain forest prey such as tapirs and piglike peccaries. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He is confused with a variety of animals such as tapirs, wombats and peccaries. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This reserve offers refuge to game species that have been over-hunted in other areas such as tapirs, spider monkeys, jaguars, capybaras, white-lipped peccaries, monkeys, caimans and river turtles. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"The kids can go feed the lemurs and the tapirs, which is the first time we have done that. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Widespread species occur here such as tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), peccarys (Tayassu tajacu), pale-throated sloths (Bradypus tridactylus), long-tailed weasels (Mustela frenata), two canids (Atelocynus microtis and Speothos venaticus), and three species of small cats Leopardus. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I got a few photos in prior to that, of the elephants enjoying their new play area, a baby crocodile which my son was frightened of, and the tapirs – adults and babies – enjoying the sunshine. ❋ Unknown (2009)

An interesting article in the New York Times on research into the rarely glimpsed Malaysian tapirs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Until a few thousand years ago they would have been a common sight, frolicking by sandbars as tapirs emerged from densely forested riverbanks to drink waters that sustained as rich a variety of life as the Amazon does today. ❋ Jonathan Watts (2010)

A baseline survey by pipeline contractor Skanska found 52 large mammals, including jaguars and tapirs, 11 primates, 192 water-living species, 600 different birds and 29 bats. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Species of special concern for this ecoregion are the Colombian ebony and the mahogany, among the precious timber; the Cattleya aurea, as this beautiful orchid has suffered from over-collection for more than seventy years; the two species of tapirs present are highly endangered both at the national and international level; the harpy eagle and the blue-billed curassow are also endangered species than still present in the upper Sinú. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Along with two brothers and a sister, he lived in a thatch-roofed home and learned to track tapirs and catch monster catfish. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In one pilot program, the nonprofit Conservation International, along with the coffee moguls at Starbucks, has been steering producers in the southern state of Chiapas toward shade-grown coffee, which preserves the trees in forests that harbor monkeys, tapirs and birds - and also makes a nice roasted bean. ❋ William Booth (2010)

Emiliana Isasi-Catala wades through a creek and moves nimbly through the foliage, scanning the dark earth covered with fallen leaves for the distinctive round toes of jaguar tracks and the faint trails of smaller animals they prey on: agoutis, tapirs, peccaries and armadillos. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Elephants and tapirs have long since been driven away. ❋ Jonathan Watts (2010)

Cheney sat back and chewed the events of the day, much as a hooded-eyed cayman chews tapirs he's dragged from the Amazon River. ❋ Unknown (2010)