- tapir - large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout
--1 is a kind of odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal
--1 is a member of Tapirus, genus Tapirus
--1 has particulars:New World tapir, Tapirus terrestris; Malayan tapir, Indian tapir, Tapirus indicus