Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
IUCN Status: Endangered
Population trend: Decreasing
Description: Long, flexible snout, four toes on each fore foot, three toes on each hind foot. The adult is blackish-brown in colour with whitish face, chest and throat.
Habitat: Swampy or hill forests.
Distribution: Central America.
Length: 160cm.
Height: (At shoulder) 90cm.
Weight: Approx. 270kg.
Diet: Vegetation.
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