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tapir

[tey-per, tuh-peer] / ˈteɪ pər, təˈpɪər /


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You won’t see deer, tapir, peccaries, monkeys or chicken-like curassows anywhere within trekking distance of habitation; they’ve all been eaten.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

The study offers insights into the impact of domestic dogs on wildlife, particularly on species of conservation concern such as the mountain tapir.

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 2024

It has since expanded to become a wildlife park featuring wallabies, capybara, tapir and lemur and many other species.

From BBC Dec. 24, 2021

Other BRI routes pose a risk to such iconic animals as the large-antlered muntjac, the Malayan tapir, the white-handed gibbon, the Sumatra serow, and the critically endangered Edwards’s pheasant.

From Science Magazine Nov. 3, 2021

It was also becoming apparent that the possibility of supplementing their food rations with game, such as the tapir, looked bleak.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

Additionally, no detection of juvenile mountain tapirs was obtained in the survey.

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 2024

Their phones were now full of oncillas, tapirs, great horned owls and the gleaming crowns of Mauritius palms at sunset.

From New York Times Jan. 16, 2024

The fossils date from early in the Eocene epoch, when Earth was home to ancient relatives of many modern mammals, including tapirs, hippopotamuses and humans.

From Scientific American Jan. 25, 2023

The wildlife in Corcovado National Park includes all four Costa Rican monkey species, sloths, jaguars, anteaters, tapirs, sea turtles and over 220 species of butterflies.

From Seattle Times May 16, 2022

I also loved stories of wolves, bears, and wolverines in North America and Canada, jaguars anacondas and sloths in South America, orangutans, Indian elephants, and tapirs in Asia, and so on.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall




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