ta·pir 
(tāpər, tə-pîr, tāpîr′)
(tāpər, tə-pîr, tāpîr′)n.
Any of several large, chiefly nocturnal, odd-toed ungulates of the genus Tapirus of tropical America and Southeast Asia, having a stocky body, short legs, and a fleshy, trunklike proboscis.
[Perhaps French, ultimately from Tupí tapiira, tapir.]
tapiradult (background) and juvenile (foreground) Brazilian tapirs
Tapirus terrestris