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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.
A baby animal with a “distinctive coat” was born at a Florida zoo, photos show. The adorable little one — an endangered Malayan tapir — is covered in a pattern of “spots and stripes ...
The Edinburgh Zoo is celebrating the arrival of an adorable endangered Malayan tapir calf. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
Tapirs are lophodonts, and their cheek teeth have distinct lophs (ridges) between protocones, paracones, metacones and hypocones. [30] [31] Tapirs have brown eyes, often with a bluish cast to them, which has been identified as corneal cloudiness, a condition most commonly found in Malayan tapirs. The exact etiology is unknown, but the ...
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ZooTampa at Lowry Park announces the birth of an endangered Malayan tapir (pronounced TEY-per) calf.
English: A watercolour drawing of an adult Malayan tapir or Asian tapir (Tapirus indicus, known in Malay as the cipan, badak murai or tenuk). The drawing is one of 477 natural history drawings of plants and animals of Malacca and Singapore commissioned by William Farquhar.
The Malayan tapir or Asian tapir (Tapirus indicus) is a black and white odd-toed ungulate, somewhat piglike in appearance, and with a long flexible proboscis. Its habitat includes southern Myanmar, southern Vietnam, southwestern Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra. The animal's coat has a light-colored patch that extends from its ...