The Tapir Movement
Habitat, characteristics, history, endangerment, learn how to save them...
Tapirs have simple yet effective bodies, which allows them to have lots of speed and agility, which makes them perfect contenders for living in the forest...
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Tapirs date back over 20 million years ago... They are one of the most ancient mammals that walk the face of the earth... Tapirs are among the most primitive of animals...
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Tapirs are mammals who have many fascinating features. They have a long nose at the end of their mouth called a proboscis. It's used like a hand, as it has the ability to grab branches from trees to make it easier for tapirs to reach...
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Tapirs are classified as vertebrates, who fall under the category of mammals. There are four species of tapirs: Tapirus terrestris, tapirus indicus, tapirus bairdii and tapirus pinchaque...
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'Keep Calm and Save a Tapir!'
All four species of tapirs are slowly dying out... Due to deforestation of their environment, tapirs are struggling to find a suitable homes... Tapirs are critacally endangered... If more people become aware of tapirs, we can be more careful of how we treat the environments that animals call home.
Learn how to save the tapirs...
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Project
'The Tapir Movement' is a project to help raise awareness of the four species of tapirs. Tapirs are extremly rare, and by creating this website, we hope to make people become more aware of all the dangers that tapirs face. Hopefully in the future, we can change the status of a tapir from critically endangered, by moving the world into a more conscious and alert place. Please tell your friends about us, the more people who know about tapirs, the better!
'The Tapir Movement' is a project to help raise awareness of the four species of tapirs. Tapirs are extremly rare, and by creating this website, we hope to make people become more aware of all the dangers that tapirs face. Hopefully in the future, we can change the status of a tapir from critically endangered, by moving the world into a more conscious and alert place. Please tell your friends about us, the more people who know about tapirs, the better!