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Young tapirs are able to mate between three and five years old.With females maturing starts earlier than males. Under good conditions, a healthy female tapir can have baby,s every two years. A single youngster is born after a gestation of about 13 months. The natural lifespan of a tapir is 25 to 30 years, both in the wild and in zoos. Apart from mothers and their young offspring, tapirs live there lives almost there whole lives.