Tapir

* The Tapir is the largest of the animals peculiar to America.

Notes on the State of Virginia. 1826

7The Tapir is the largest of the animals peculiar to America.

Notes on the State of Virginia 1781

Among the answers suggested was "Tapir," taken in its various significations, which I think was as near the mark as "Church," as given in No. 35.

Notes and Queries, Number 40, August 3, 1850 Various

We went to the Zoo at Antwerp specifically to see the young tapir that we'd heard about on the Tapir Blog.

Archive 2007-06-01 MadeleineS 2007

We went to the Zoo at Antwerp specifically to see the young tapir that we'd heard about on the Tapir Blog.

Boulders - or maybe tapirs! MadeleineS 2007

And finally, a (cough) happy ending for the week: BB co-editor Mark Frauenfelder visited the Los Angeles Zoo and watched a zookeeper massage a grateful Tapir.

Boing Boing 2007

It can hardly be the Mulaccan Tapir, as shields are not made of the hide.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

You don't want to get too close to the real Tapir - he pees on people, it happened to a friend when she was on a school trip!

Archive 2008-05-01 Belizean' A New Trail 2008

You don't want to get too close to the real Tapir - he pees on people, it happened to a friend when she was on a school trip!

School Trips Belizean' A New Trail 2008

Malaysian Tapir (Tapirus indicus), Sumatra, Indonesia.

Sumatran lowland rain forests 2008