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The Malayan tapir is the largest of the four extant tapir species and grows to between 1.8 and 2.5 m (5 ft 11 in and 8 ft 2 in) in length, not counting a stubby tail of only 5 to 10 cm (2.0 to 3.9 in) in length, and stands 90 to 110 cm (2 ft 11 in to 3 ft 7 in) tall.
Malayan tapirs are rainforest creatures related to horses and rhinos. The zoo’s newborn “is busy bonding and nursing alongside experienced mother, 18-year-old Ubi,” and pictures show the two ...
A Malayan Tapir in London Zoo. Photographed by User:Bluemoose in May 2005.(from en wikipedia) {{GFDL}} File usage. The following 21 pages use this file:
Both of the parents, who were paired as a part of a program that helps ensure the survivability of Malayan tapirs in human care, weigh a good deal more than the 20-pound calf. Yuna is a whopping ...
The Edinburgh Zoo is celebrating the arrival of an adorable endangered Malayan tapir calf. One of the world's most adorable animals learns to walk Skip to main content
They are the South American tapir, the Malayan tapir, Baird's tapir, and the mountain tapir. In 2013, a group of researchers said they had identified a fifth species of tapir, the kabomani tapir . However, the existence of the kabomani tapir as a distinct species has been widely disputed, and recent genetic evidence further suggests that it ...
Mountain tapir (also called the woolly tapir) Tapirus pinchaque (Roulin, 1829) Eastern and Central Cordilleras mountains in Colombia, Ecuador, and the far north of Peru. Malayan tapir (also called the Asian tapir, Oriental tapir or Indian tapir) Tapirus indicus (Desmarest, 1819) Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand
A rare Malayan tapir calf was born at Point Defiance Zoo over the weekend. This marks only the second time this has happened in the zoo's 120-year history.