The Tapir Gallery - Home of The Tapir Preservation Fund, Tapir Gallery Gift Shop, Club Tapir, and much, much, more. Learn about these endangered species. Saving tapirs helps save the rainforest!

Although tapirs are often mistaken for pigs and anteaters, they're in the odd-toed hooved animal family (perissodactyls), as are the horse and rinocerous. All four species of tapir are endangered. The Malay tapir (shown below) is native to Asia, where its natural enemies are the tiger and man. The largest tapir, the Malay tapir weighs up to 800 pounds. It also has the most dramatic coloration, ...