tapir
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In a separate tweet, Tapir Gao, a lawmaker for the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh where Tarom lives, said the teenager was allegedly abducted on Tuesday while a friend escaped and notified Indian authorities.
From Reuters • Jan. 20, 2022
‘The Elephant is quite right,” said the Tapir.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
Said the Monkey to the Tapir, One Sunday afternoon, 'Won't you let me have some paper, etc., etc, ...
From Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 by Various
London Day by Day,"—"The Tapir," at the Zoological Gardens, is a specimen of a species now "verging on the brink of extinction.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 by Various
Tapir were still common, and the wild pigs and deer waged war on his vegetables.
From Jungle Peace by Beebe, William
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