. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE TAPIRS. 423 animals use these paths as long as they are not molested; when alarmed or pursued, however, they plunge through the most tangled thicket with ease. Habits and Move- The Tapirs are mainly animals of ments of the the darkness. Tschudi says: "For Tapir. months we roamed through the dense forests, containing hosts of Tapirs, but we never saw one during the day, for in the daytime they seem to remain concealed in the dense brush- wood, in coo
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE TAPIRS. 423 animals use these paths as long as they are not molested; when alarmed or pursued, however, they plunge through the most tangled thicket with ease. Habits and Move- The Tapirs are mainly animals of ments of the the darkness. Tschudi says: "For Tapir. months we roamed through the dense forests, containing hosts of Tapirs, but we never saw one during the day, for in the daytime they seem to remain concealed in the dense brush- wood, in cool, shady places, affecting the proximity of stagnant water, in which they like to wallow. In quite undisturbed and very dense forests, how- ever, they also rove about by day. It is true, that they are averse to moving about in the sunshine, and in the middle of the day they always seek in dense shades shelter from the fatiguing heat and from Mosquitoes, which annoy them to an extent almost ; Prince Wied says: "If one In their movements the Tapirs remind the on- looker of Hogs. Their walk is slow and deliberate; one leg is leisurely put in front of the other, the head is bent to the ground and only the sniffing trunk, constantly moving back and forth, as well as the restless ears, enliven the lazy aspect of the crea- ture. The Tapir is an excellent swimmer and a still better diver, and crosses the widest rivers with ap- parent ease, not only when compelled to swim by pursuit, but whenever occasion offers. TheSensesand Among the perceptive senses of the General Traits of Tapir those of smell and hearing de- Tapirs. cidedly rank highest, and are prob- ably of equal keenness; sight is comparatively weak. This deficiency is, however, partially compensated by an exquisitely susceptible sense of touch, espe- cially in the trunk, in which it is very delicate, and is used in manifold ways. The vocal expression is. MALAYAN TAPIR. Though so far from its American cousi
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