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Humans hunt all tapir species for their meat and hide. Bairdâs or Central American tapirs are also hunted for sport in Costa Rica. And as humans clear the tapirs' habitats for farming, cattle grazing, palm oil and rubber plantations, or the growing of poppies for the opium trade, the animals' food supply decreases.alayan tapir Tapirus indicusâ The only tapir from Asia, it is found in Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It has a distinctive coat pattern: black in the front and white in the back. This acts as camouflage by breaking up the body outline in the shade of the forest.
South American Tapir Scientific Name: Tapirus terrestris The South American tapir or the Brazilian tapir is the second largest mammal in South America, second to its cousin, the Bairdâs Tapir.There are four species of tapir in the world and three of them reside in South and Central America.Tapirs are related to horses and rhinoceroses, not pigs or anteaters, as people commonly think. They share the same type of feet â having hooves on the ends of their legs â and animals like these are known as ungulates.The South American tapir is found in lowland regions around Northern and Central South America.here are four species of tapir in the world and three of them reside in South and Central America. Tapirs are related to horses and rhinoceroses, not pigs or anteaters, as people commonly think. They share the same type of feet â having hooves on the ends of their legs â and animals like these are known as ungulates.