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Happy World Tapir Day!!!

The four remaining species of Tapir are each endangered, and critical seed-dispersers in their respective environments.

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2022-04-27

ARE YOU ME??? I love tapirs and tamanduas~ ; 3; I had to go dig in my dA, but lmao this is from 2009... A self-portrait obviously

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2022-04-25

(3/n)
Results show that tapirs vary in bite force and sagittal crest height across their and different biogeographical realms, with peaking in the and genuinely high-crested morphologies restricted to the

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2022-03-02

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Bite forces of tapirs were calculated with the “dry-skull” method to include a range of tapir species across a large temporal and phylogenetic scope, sampling the full range of body sizes from little Protapirus up to the giant 'Megatapirus'!

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2022-03-02

New paper alert on Using a large sample of skulls, & show that sagittal crest size is decoupled from bite performance in Pleistocene (#IceAge) tapirs, contrary to the pattern generally found in mammalian carnivores (1/n)

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2022-03-02

Well, looks like someone should have spent more time practicing and less time... doing whatever it is tapirs do.
For

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2022-02-22

rumor has it that there are catboys and tapirs on the moon 🌛

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2021-12-09

New design! Brontotheres were rhinoceros-like animals that lived about 56–34 million years ago (during the Eocene). They're related to rhinos, horses, and tapirs and came in a variety of shapes and sizes. Included in our latest Sticker Pack: https://t.co/5ib7tCDwcm

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2021-11-11

Sonic character making brain go brrrrrrrrr
(honestly tho I love tapirs they're one of my fav animals 🥺)

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2021-10-02

In Love and Rockets, Bender mentions being a "cuddly baby tapir." Earlier, the Planet Express ship expressed her love of tapirs at the zoo, and they're also in the opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey which is a reference all over this episode.

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2021-09-14

Friend told me to draw a bunch of tapirs, so here are a bunch of tapirs.

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2021-09-07

INCLUSIVE EU JÁ TINHA UMA TAPIRSONA ANTES DE SER MANEIRO (preciso atualizar a propósito)

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2021-07-09

👀Jaguar/tapirs? I've got my boy diego!

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2021-07-05

Hello, lovelies!!
I haven't really showed this side of me on my socials yet, but I've been an exmo fur for around 2 years now! The main exmo community (on reddit) finally hit 200k, so I made something for the occasion~
Baby tapirs are so cuuute! ;v; 💞💚

https://t.co/q2s6345xKr

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2021-06-16

I fell in love with my idea of a fantasy world with lanky tapirs instead of horses, so I had to try drawing one. Here's a domestic tapirse ready to ride.

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2021-06-12

Someone suggested I should draw my fursona as a Tapir. XD This idea was hilarious enough that I decided to try!

Tapirs are SO ROUND omg

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2021-05-18

For here's a 1702 London broadsheet advertising the exhibition of two South American tapirs (called kamas) from Berbice, Guyana (British Museum no. 1914,0520.691)

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2021-04-27

. researches how tapirs fit into their ecosystem, and this knowledge also informs conservation efforts in various local habitats, from forests, to wetlands, to grasslands, and has become the expert in this species.

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2021-04-27