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The tapir is the largest tropical survivor of the Pleistocene megafauna that once ranged over the Neotropics.This adult male weighs about 300 kg. Are they seed predators or seed dispersers? You now know enough to know that it depends on what species of fruit is being eaten, and details of seed shape and hardness.
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