What is tapir origin?

Answer 1

It depends really. There are 4 spieces of tapirs. However, I only know 2 spieces. One of them is the Brazilian Tapir. This spieces of tapir comes from Brazil and Peru. The other one is a Maylasian Tapir. This one I'm certain comes from Asia.

Answer 2

Many early tapirids lived in North America. Tapirs may have originated there. It is certain that they originated in the Northern Hemisphere. For much of their history, tapirids lived throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The three species of South American Tapirs moved from North America to South America in the Great American Interchange, about 3 million years ago.

Answer 3

The earliest known tapir is Heptodon. It lived in North America between 55 and 49 million years ago. It was similar to modern tapir, but smaller and did not have an elongated nose. By 20 million years ago, tapir such as Miotapirus in North America looked the same as they do today. Tapir were widespread throughout Asia and North America until 10,000 years ago, when all went extinct except three in South America and one in Asia.

Answer 4

it is RELATED to horses and rhinos