tapir

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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

What if I had ended up with a creature that looked silly or ugly, a tapir or an ostrich or a flock of turkeys?

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel