Tapirs



My name is dani and I am 3 mounths old. live in small gropes in the tropical rain forest and jungle regions of Malaysia and Central America. I am very shy and prefer to  travel near water. I am an amazing swimmer and can dive to feed aquatic plants on  although i spend most of my day looking for food such as berries, fruit, and leaves which we put in our mouth using our noses just like elephants .There are four species of tapirs the Brazilian tapirs, the Malayan the tapirs mountain tapirs  and the Baird tapirs. All four are endangered. we are closely related to the rhino, the horse and the odd- toed ungulates. We can breed at any time of the year Each female giving birth to one calf every one and a half to two years.

Blog 1 Because our habitat is being destroyed and we are being hunted we are in the danger zone of extinction. Native people hunt us down some just for sport some for meat others for our our high quality leather which they get from our thick skin. Another danger for us is the logging for growing crops or ranching cattle destroying our habitat in the jungle And tropical rain forest .palm trees have  been cut down from our habitat to make things like palm oil. We have been around for 55 million years and in less than 100 years they have managed to drive as close to extinction. The mountain tapir is one of the largest endangered mammal in the world and thanks to many animal organizations the  malayan tapir no longer seems to be endangered. Although we have many predators such as crocodiles, Jaguars, tigers and Anacondas compared to the amount of logging and hunting they are not much of the problem towards our extinctions .

Blog 2 There are many ways you can help protect us from extinction. First of all be saving our habitat. Because our habitat is being destroyed we have no place to live and as a result the chance of survival is limited. Many people use trees from our habits to make things like palm oil. By doing this they burn down the trees in our habitat taking the animals down with them. by trying to avoid buying products with palm oil in them such as grain waves and some types of chocolate even though you might enjoy eating them think about how you will be affecting us and by doing so you will not only will be saving our habitat but many other animals such as the monkey and Orangoutangs. Blog 3 There are many animal organizations that try to help save us each year and many succeed. One of the most commonly known way of doing so is through fundraising. Savetapirs.com Is an organization that is dedicated to saving our habitat, the number one reason that we are endangered. World tapir day which Has been organized  by savetapirs.com is established To raise awareness about the four tapirs that are all endangered. Another great organization is the tapir specialist group conservation fond which raises plenty of money by donations to help save our habitat. It is great to see that so many people care about us and help to save our habitat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapir http://hubpages.com/hub/Tapirs http://www.animalport.com/extinct-animals/Tapir.html http://savetapirs.org/ http://www.tapirs.org/tsgcf/index.html