Common Tapir

The Common Tapir is a species of tapir native to much of Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, and most other northern South American regions. They are herbivores that normally feed on nuts, fruits, roots, tubers, leaves, grasses, underwater plants, and many other low-growing plants. They are about the size of a Baird's tapir (a tapir species that is endangered in its native range), yet weighs almost as much as a Malayan tapir. They are normally solitary, other than mothers raising their youngs, but during mating seasons, the male common tapirs head to grassy plains to challenge other males, hitting their sides until one is defeated, as the females arrive, the victorious males win a right to mate, but after that, they return to their solitary lives (with the exception of mothers raising their young). They are named because they are among the least endangered species of South American tapir, as they adapt really well into a life in a city.