Habitat

= Welcome to my facts and habitat about tapirs. =

With the exception of the mountain tapir, these mammals live in lowland rainforest's and other moist forest regions. Mountain tapirs prefer cloud forests, tropical forests that are covered with constant clouds year-round, and paramo, treeless plateaus of tropical South America and the Andes Mountains. Lowland tapirs are found in grasslands and woodlands at lower elevations in South America. All tapirs swim and spend a good deal of time in rivers and lakes. Females often need secluded forests in which to give birth and raise their young. Tapirs, are nocturnal, herbivorous mammal, genus //Tapirs,// of the jungles of Central and South America and SE Asia. The tapir is somewhat pig like in appearance; however, it is not related to the pig, but to the horse and the rhinoceros, with which it forms the order of odd-toed hoofed mammals. The body of the tapir is rounded and covered with sparse fur. Its snout is long and flexible. The legs are short and end in broad feet with hoofed toes; there are four toes on the front feet and five on the hind feet. Tapirs live in dense forest, browsing by night on leaves and twigs. Usually found near water, they swim well and drink a great deal. They often take to water when threatened and can crash through thick underbrush with great speed. The Asian tapir, //Tapirus indicus,// of Malaya and Sumatra, is black with a white saddle extending over the rump. The adult is about 3 ft (90 cm) high.

AT THIS SITE YOU WILL FIND A PICTURE OF A TAPIR IN IT'S HABBITAT. []