With little ears & little eyes Tapirs travel on hoofed toes Related to horses & rhinoceroses tapirs tend to reach lengths of seven feet & stand three feet tall weighing up to seven hundred pounds Wearing short coats of red brown gray or black adult tapirs raise young wearing striped & spotted coats for protection Possessing a probing proboscis tapirs take down leaves & food that would be out of their reach without it Living for three decades tapirs enjoy swimming wallowing in mud foraging & eating Tapirs have been known to eat almost ninety pounds of food in one day Fun Facts Tapirs have four toes on their front feet & three on the back ones