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AMAZING ASIAN ANIMALS: ANSWER PAGE
Mystery Animal #3 Answer: Malayan Tapir
Malayan
tapirs may resemble pigs and elephants - and have the colors of a zebra -
but they are most closely related to horses and rhinos. So, why do their babies
look like watermelons? And how could something sooooo cute grow into something
sooooo odd? (They are odd-toed ungulates, after all!) Malayan tapirs are endangered
animals from the islands of Southeast Asia.
Index of Animal Poems
Thanks
to Brent Huffman -- www.ultimateungulates.com -- for permission to use the
photo on this page.
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