tapir

One can cite but the sole example of the American tapir where the male is smaller than the female.

The tapir is a very large animal,—about five or six feet long and three or four feet high.

The tapir lives as much in the water as on the land, and delights to wallow like a pig in muddy pools.

Then Martin turned to fly, but at the same moment the tapir did the same, to his great delight and surprise.

The tapir stopped feeding for a moment, but then recommenced, though evidently not222 with as much eagerness as before.