tapir
Noun
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Large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout (synset 102396232)
is a type of: odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal - placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each footsubtypes:
- new world tapir, tapirus terrestris - a tapir found in South America and Central America
- indian tapir, malayan tapir, tapirus indicus - a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra
belongs to: genus tapirus, tapirus - type genus of the Tapiridae
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