A tapir is a lairge brousin mammal, seemilar in shape tae a pig, wi a short, prehensile snout. Tapirs inhabit jungle an forest regions o Sooth Americae, Central Americae, an Sootheast Asie. The five species o tapirs are the Brazilian tapir, the Malayan tapir, Baird's tapir, Kabomani tapir, an the muntain tapir. Fower are clessifee'd as endangered or vulnerable. Thair closest relatives are the ither odd-toed ungulates, includin horse an rhinoceroses.