Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 362
ftendislodged by the activity of the tapir, who rushesthrough the bushes as soon as it feels the clawsof its enemy, and endeavors to brush him offagainst the thick branches. The Malay tapir islarger than the South American and Africantapir, and the rear half of its body is a dull white. worth its… … feeds exclusively on insects, and possesses a verylong snout. It has the fur, ears, and tail of anopossum, with the teeth of a shrew, and its feetare armed with long, curved claws for scratchingin the earth for bugs and worms. It is such anoddity, in fact, that the naturalists have namedit…
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