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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Malayan tapirs have pronounced snouts and can weigh up to 750 pounds. The animals are found in the wild in Central America, South America and Southeast Asia, where they are known to have large ...
ZooTampa at Lowry Park announces the birth of an endangered Malayan tapir (pronounced TEY-per) calf.
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
Julie Larsen Maher, WCS Spring is the perfect time of year to take a trip to the zoo, and it has nothing to do with the weather. Between March and June, zoos all over the continent will be ...
The Japanese term baku has two current meanings, referring to both the traditional dream-devouring creature and to the Malayan tapir. [1] In recent years, there have been changes in how the baku is depicted.