It’s the order of mammals that includes rhinos (three toes), horses (one hoofed toe), and tapirs (three toes in back and four toes in front). Extra toes are an evolutionary advantage that helps ...

The Marsupial Tapir had a small trunk and a long tongue. It ate plants in the open woodland, probably concentrating on their leaves. Although its trunk is somewhat like that of today's Tapir (a ...

Four-year-old Malayan tapir Sempurna is pregnant with a calf sired by 23-year-old Tanuck. Baby tapirs have white markings on their bodies with a pattern resembling the outside of a watermelon.