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There are a few reasons why... Some for logging some for hunting (hide hunting and for eating)

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mountain tapirs are endangered because to many people are cutting down their home and hunting them for their fur and skin.

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What caused Tapir's indangerment is because hunters use their hides for cloths and when trees are beind logged, tapirs loose their home.

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