美洲貘是一种奇特有趣的动物。美洲貘长着一副惹人可怜的傻相。头部象猪，但比猪大得多，可惜的是鼻子短一些，否则真可与大象媲美。不过，在奇蹄类中，它的鼻子上唇向前突出还是相当可观的。貘可利用它来卷摘食物；另外，它的眼睛很小，没一点神采，仿佛刚睡醒的样子；耳朵中间长有一撮鬃毛，样子十分可笑。
在这个Audrines先生所说的交换安排中(古巴似乎吃了亏)，加拉加斯会用八头金刚鹦鹉，两只貘，一头美洲豹和四只水豚来交换。
In what Mr Audrines describes as a barter arrangement (in which the Cubans seem to get the rough end), Caracas will trade them for eight macaws, two tapirs, a puma and four capybaras.
它是美洲三种貘类当中体型最小的。
Also known as mountain danta, this animal is the smallest of the three species of tapir that exist in America.
貘遍布于中美洲与南美洲和亚洲的热带丛林里。他们生活在附近有水的森林或绿草覆盖的地方。貘是游泳高手。
Tapirs are found in tropical areas in Central and South America and in Asia. They live in forested or grassy places near water. Tapirs are good swimmers.
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