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The scientific name Tapirus indicus was proposed by Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest in 1819 who referred to a tapir described by Pierre-Médard Diard. [2] Tapirus indicus brevetianus was coined by a Dutch zoologist in 1926 who described a black Malayan tapir from Sumatra that had been sent to Rotterdam Zoo in the early 1920s.
Scientific name Distribution Baird's tapir (also called the Central American tapir) Tapirus bairdii (Gill, 1865) ... The Malayan tapir, ...
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
Linnaeus classified this tapir as Hippopotamus terrestris and put both genera in the group of the Belluae ("beasts"). He combined the rhinos with the Glires, a group now consisting of the lagomorphs and rodents. Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723–1806) first separated the tapirs and hippos in 1762 with the introduction of the concept le tapir. He ...
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
An endangered Malayan tapir calf was just born at Washington’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. The baby marks the second birth in more than a century at the zoo (Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium)
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Baird's tapir. T. bairdii (Gill, 1865) Central America: Size: 180–250 cm (71–98 in) long, plus 5–13 cm (2–5 in) tail [14] Habitat: Forest, shrubland, grassland, and inland wetlands [15]
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. ... The sex and name of the calf will be ...