Category: Animals

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Malayan Tapir(Tapirus indicus)

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The Malayan Tapir(Tapirus indicus),  also called Asian Tapir, Asiatic Tapir, Indian Tapir, and Malay Tapir  is the only species of tapir that lives in Asia.  The Malayan Tapir is the largest of the five species of tapir.

Malayan Tapir Scientific Classification:

KingdomAnimalia 
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderPerissodactyla
FamilyTapiridae
GenusTapirus
SpeciesT. indicus
Binomial Name
Tapirus indicus

Physical Characteristics

The Malayan Tapir, just like all tapirs, has an elongated upper lip and nose that forms a prehensile snout that is used for plucking leaves and shoots from trees as well as sniffing their way along … Continue

White Rhinoceros(Ceratotherium simum)

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The White Rhinoceros(Ceratotherium simum), also known as the Square-Lipped Rhinoceros lives in Africa. White Rhinos are the largest Rhinoceros species on earth, males, also known as bulls can reach weights up to 3.600 kilograms. The White Rhinoceros name comes from the Afrikaans word “weit” which means wide and refers to the animal’s mouth.

Physical Characteristics

The White Rhinoceros is the largest member of the Rhinocerotidae family, and the largest mammal classified in the Perissodactyla order. The mouth is broad and flat and the upper lip is about 20 centimeters wide. There is a strip of cartilage inside the broad lips … Continue

Perissodactyla

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Perissodactyla is an order of hoofed mammals that includes asses, horses, rhinoceroses, tapirs, and zebras. Most wild Perissodactyls live on the continents of Asia, and Africa.

Physical Characteristics

Perissodactyls have a mesaxonic foot meaning that the weight is distributed on the third toe on all legs. Rhinoceroses grow horns on the upper surface of their snout, these horns are made of keratin, a fibrous protein that is also found in hair. Rhinoceros horns grow continuously, and do not have a bone core. Tapirs have a small trunk like snout.

Distribution and Habitat

Wild Perissodactyls that are native to their ranges … Continue