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- noun Plural form of
tapir .
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In the tropics, large animal seed dispersers (such as tapirs, chimpanzees and hornbills) may disperse large seeds with few other seed dispersal agents.
Seed dispersal Wikipedia 2009
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A study led by Christian Voigt from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin, Germany, found the blood-seeking bats are switching to cattle from rain forest prey such as tapirs and piglike peccaries.
Vampire Bats Attack Cattle as Rain Forest Falls « Skid Roche 2007
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He is confused with a variety of animals such as tapirs, wombats and peccaries.
The Fantastical Capybara: An Interview with Melanie Typaldos About Her Caplin Rous 2009
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This reserve offers refuge to game species that have been over-hunted in other areas such as tapirs, spider monkeys, jaguars, capybaras, white-lipped peccaries, monkeys, caimans and river turtles.
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"The kids can go feed the lemurs and the tapirs, which is the first time we have done that.
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Widespread species occur here such as tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), peccarys (Tayassu tajacu), pale-throated sloths (Bradypus tridactylus), long-tailed weasels (Mustela frenata), two canids (Atelocynus microtis and Speothos venaticus), and three species of small cats Leopardus.
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I got a few photos in prior to that, of the elephants enjoying their new play area, a baby crocodile which my son was frightened of, and the tapirs – adults and babies – enjoying the sunshine.
San Diego Zoo’s Unforgettable Elephant Odyssey « Happy Healthy Hip Parenting 2009
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An interesting article in the New York Times on research into the rarely glimpsed Malaysian tapirs.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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A baseline survey by pipeline contractor Skanska found 52 large mammals, including jaguars and tapirs, 11 primates, 192 water-living species, 600 different birds and 29 bats.
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Along with two brothers and a sister, he lived in a thatch-roofed home and learned to track tapirs and catch monster catfish.
'Gringo chief' Randy Borman helps Ecuador's Cofan Indians survive, thrive 2010
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