TAPIR

TAPIR (Tapiridae), yak nav hayvoni toqsumi shirkhorest. Jussaash kalon, poyho va gushu dumash kutoh meboshad. Rangash beshtar buri tira, javonaash kholdor. Daroziash to 2,5 m, balandiash 75—120 sm, vaznash 200—300 kg.

T. dar beshazorhoi serbotloqi Osiyoi Janubi Sharqi, Amerikai Markazi va Janubi maskun meboshad. Tapirho aksaran toqa-toqa zindagi mekunvaid; shabgardand. Khurokashon asosan bargi buttayu darakht va alafho meboshad. Davrai hamlashon qarib 400 shaboruz; yakto nasl medihaid. Aholii mahalli Tapirro shikor (mekunand. Tapir ba osoni rom meshavad.