Authenticated (09/02/2006) by Leo Salas, Editor of the Tapir Conservation Newsletter, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG).
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Gestation: The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
Parasites: Organisms that derive its food from, and lives in or on, another living organism at the host's expense.
Proboscis: A tubular protrusion from the anterior of an animal (similar to the trunk of an elephant).