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I trawled the internet for hours in search of some information regarding your intriguing question. The best I could do was to download a high quality photograph of a tapir in the wild, and then label all the body parts myself. I would say that the tapir I was looking at had between 8 and 11 body parts, which is about average for a mammal, but there could have been extra body parts not visible because of the angle of the photograph, etc. Hope that helps.
A healthy tapir is normally equipped with between 3 and 5 legs, the average quantity being 4. When a tapir has suffered severe injury it may have somewhat less than 4 legs, or in extreme cases (such as after having been butchered for human consumption) none at all.
Some herbivorous mammals are called ruminants. They have a single stomach with four chambers, but people often wrongly say they have two stomachs. Tapir, though, aren't even ruminants. They simply have one stomach.
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What helps a tapir live in the forest?
Tapirs are greatly assisted by having legs, as this enables them to move around the forest at will and run away when threatened. Without legs, a tapir would be unlikely to survive for more than a couple of days in the wild.
How do tapir move?
Tapirs walk on 4 legs. That is how they move.
How fast can a tapir run?
Considering their size and appearance they can run surprisingly quickly
How did the tapir get its name?
The 'Baird's' part of the name Baird's tapir comes from Baird. The 'tapir' element is derived from the word tapir, because it is a tapir.
How many syllables are in the word tapir?
2
Who discovered the first Baird tapir?
The 'Baird's' part of the name Baird's tapir comes from Baird. The 'tapir' element is derived from the word tapir, because it is a tapir.
How many feet tall is a tapir?
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How do you say tapir in Spanish?
Tapir
What are the types of tapir?
brazilian tapir
How does a Malayan tapir move?
It moves it's 4 legs back and forth to create a walking motion, similiar to a cat or dog... *sigh*
What is the scientific name for the Tapir?
There are four tapir species, and their latin names are as follows: * Baird's Tapir, Tapirus bairdii * Malayan Tapir, Tapirus indicus * Mountain Tapir, Tapirus pinchaque * Brazilian Tapir (also called Lowland Tapir), Tapirus terrestris But different species can actually breed with each other in zoos etc. to produce hybrids. The baby hybrids are then called whatever the zoo staff want to call them.
Does the tapir exist?
yes a tapir does exist
