July 7th, 2019 by The Beam
By Michelle Soto for LatinClima — Read the original article in Spanish.
SNIPPET 1:Central American tapirs (Tapirus bairdii)
We do not have elephants in the Neotropics, but we do have tapirs. Weighing 300 kilograms, tapirs are the largest mammals found between central Mexico to northern Colombia and Equator.
The Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii) is capable of eating up to 30 daily kilograms of tree bark, seeds, and foliage. In fact, tapirs are quite crude when it comes to feeding and can even swallow whole seeds, up to six centimeters in size.
This peculiarity found in tapirs, becomes more significant when linking it to maintaining the rainforests. Tapirs are thought of as
landscape architects and even engineers, as a result of
their contributions 
to the
ecosystem.
SNIPPET 2:Tapir populations are
quickly declining. According to the Tapir Specialist Group, there has been a
50% decrease in population during the last forty years, which coincides with the
destruction of 70% of their habitat.
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