Malayan TapirTapirus indicus
Location and Habitat
Malayan tapirs are located in southeast Asia, in countries such as Thailand and Burma. They can also be found on the island of Sumatra.
Malayan Tapir
Tapirs are large mammals with short snouts that are very flexible. There are four species, or kinds, of tapir. They are found in jungles and forests in South America, Central America and Southeast Asia.
Malayan tapir
Taxonomy Tapirus indicus [Desmarest, 1819]. Citation: Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 32: 458. Type locality: Malaysia, Malay Peninsula.
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Malayan tapir, Tapirus indicus
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Where are they found? Asia, North America, South America ...
Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)
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The Malayan tapir weighs about 250 - 300 kg (550 - 660 lb). It utilizes various forested habitats, including swamp, lowland, montane and hill forest and prefers dense primary rainforest.
Malayan tapir
Class: Mammalia
Status: IUCN: Endangered; CITES: Appendix l
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Malayan tapir Tapirus indicus — the only tapir from Asia, found in Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It has a distinctive coat pattern: black in the front and white in the back.
Malayan Tapir: Largest species. Short coat : Black head and legs with large white saddle. No mane.
Baird's Tapir: Brown. Cream-colored markings on face and throat. Dark spot on each cheek, behind and below the eye. Brush-like mane.
Malayan Tapir
Tapirus inducus
Although Malayan tapirs look more like anteaters or pigs, they are most closely related to horses and rhinoceroses.
Malayan tapirs have a large stocky body with a prominent proboscis. Adults of this species have a dramatic color pattern, with a black front half of body, white sides, and black hind legs.
The Malayan tapir lives in densely forested areas of south-east Asia, from Burma to Malaysia and Sumatra. It differs from the South American species in its greyish black and white body markings.
The Malayan Tapir (also known as the Asian Tapir) is the largest of the tapir species and has a distinctive white band across it's body.
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