When you think of a trunked animal, you may think of the anteater or elephant. However, there's another species of trunked animal in the Americas and Asia.

Tapirs are often called “living fossils” because they have changed very little since the Eocene Epoch, which was between 56 and 33.9 million years ago.

This is one confusing animal. Related to the rhinoceros, called a mountain cow, and with a flexible nose like an elephant, Baird's tapirs have to be seen to be believed.

Frog with tapir-like nose found in Amazon rainforest, thanks to its 'beeping' call. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 02 / 220222135153.htm.

Carlotta and Cofan are the two mountain tapir at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. They are only two of seven mountain tapir in the U.S., and 2,500 left in South America. They ...