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	Tapir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The tapir family is old by mammalian standards: the earliest fossil tapir dates to the early Oligocene, and Eocene rocks from as long as 55 million years ago contain a wide range of tapir-like animals.
		Tapirs have splayed, hoofed toes; there are four toes on the front feet and three on the hind feet which help them walk in muddy and soft ground.
		Hybrid tapirs from Baird's Tapir and the Lowland Tapir were bred at the San Francisco Zoo around 1968 and produced a 2nd generation around 1970.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tapir (468 words)

	Malayan Tapir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called the Asian Tapir, is the largest of the four species of tapir and the only one native to Asia.
		Malayan Tapirs are primarily solitary creatures, marking out large tracts of land as their territory, though these areas usually overlap with those of other individuals.
		Tapirs mark out their territories by spraying urine on plants, and they often follow distinct paths which they have bulldozed through the undergrowth.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malayan_Tapir (633 words)

	Tapir QuickReference
		Another thing that tapirs share in common is their feet; all tapirs have four toes on each front foot and three toes on each back foot which are splayed and capped with hooves, allowing them to walk more easily on soft and muddy ground.
		The tapir is generally an herbivore, as the diet consists of fruits, leaves, stems, sprouts, small branches, grasses, tree bark, cane, melon, cocoa, rice, corn from plantations, and even aquatic plants, but the tapir will also eat aquatic organisms which it will even walk along the bottom of a stream or river for.
		While the tapir's unique adaptations have helped it to survive in its environment, as in many other cases, human activity and technology has led to the decline of the magnificent animal, and the tapir may disappear before its importance is fully understood.
	www.swordbilled.com /environment/tapirreferencemain.html (2372 words)

	Malayan tapir
		Malayan tapirs are primarily - although not exclusively - nocturnal.
		The Malayan tapir is a good climber, scaling steep slopes with relative ease, and when alarmed gallops off with surprising speed.
		The Malayan tapir is classified as vulnerable by the IUCN (1996).
	www.ultimateungulate.com /Perissodactyla/Tapirus_indicus.html (388 words)

	Malayan Tapir -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The (The period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)) gestation period of the Malayan Tapir is approximately 400 days, after which a single offspring, weighing around 15 pounds (6.8 kg), is born.
		Malayan Tapirs are primarily solitary creatures, marking out large tracts of land as their (An area of knowledge or interest) territory, though these areas usually overlap with those of other individuals.
		Tapirs mark out their territories by spraying (Liquid excretory product) urine on plants, and they often follow distinct paths which they have bulldozed through the undergrowth.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Ma/Malayan_Tapir.htm (759 words)

	Comparative Placentation
		The Malayan tapir is characterized by its white saddle and larger size.
		Between 1000-3000 Malayan tapirs may still be in the wild, according to Ashley et al.
		The placentas of tapirs are confined to one uterine horn of their bicornuate uterus, whose body is relatively small.
	medicine.ucsd.edu /cpa/tapir.htm (1636 words)

	Malayan Tapir \| Animal Facts \| Chaffee Zoological Gardens of Fresno (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tapirs and their kin have been around since Gondwanaland, which explains why they are in Central and South America and clear on the other side of the globe in Malaya.
		The Malayan tapir is distributed from Burma and Thailand south onto Sumatra.
		Coloration: Tapirs are reddish brown to grey-brown, the Malayan being fl with white from behind the shoulders across the flank and rump.
	www.chaffeezoo.org /animals/tapirs.html (902 words)

	Tapirus indicus (Malayan Tapir): Narrative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When born, tapirs have a spotted and striped coat rather in contrast to the dramatic fl and white pattern seen in the adults.
		Malaysian tapirs are nocturnal and solitary, with the exception of mother-offspring pairs.
		Malayan tapirs are hunted for food and sport in non-Moslem regions of their distribution.
	www.edjameson.com /Research/Endangered%20Animals/pages/tapir4.htm (541 words)

	Malayan history to 1963 - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Malayan history to 1963
		Malaya, now the largest component of the Federation of Malaysia occupied the Malay Peninsula, which extends south–southwest from the narrow Isthmus of Kra to Singapore, which was not part of Malaya.
		In January 1946 the British government published proposals for a Malayan Union, which would unite the whole of the peninsula (except Singapore, which was to become a separate colony) under a governor and a strong central government, and which considerably curtailed the authority of the rulers and the states.
		Their attitude was supported by a group of retired Malayan civil servants in England, including Frank Swettenham, and the scheme for a Malayan Union was abandoned.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Malayan+history+to+1963 (3652 words)

	Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		All newborn Tapirs have reddish-brown coats dappled with white spots and stripes and by 6 months will assume the adult coat.
		Tapirs belong to the same order as horses and rhinos, not to the order of pigs they seem to resemble.
		Tapirs are characteristically three toed, although the forefeet have four toes (fourth toe slightly smaller and placed to one side functional only on soft ground) and the hind feet three.
	omahazoo.com /featured/tapir/index.asp?page=/featured/tapir/tapir.htm (199 words)

	The Tapir's Life
		The baby tapir is born with dark brown hair layers with light brown stripes and a brown patch on it's rump.
		The baby tapir does not seem to be covered in a thin layer of water like its mother, perhaps she went for a swim before resting.
		A refreshing swim now would make the tapir's appetite even bigger than it already is. The mother sets off and the young calf follows it's mother with the caution of a stranger in a new world, watching for predators such as the leopard or the jaguar.
	www2.sandi.net /roosevelt/mtlife.html (1327 words)

	Welcome to Wetland Wonders Homepage of Asia Pacific - Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tapirs are about the size of a donkey and their natural lifespan is approximately 30 years.
		The Malayan tapir and the Mountain tapir are the most seriously threatened of the four, although all species of tapir are endangered.
		In fact, tapirs can rightly be called a forgotten species and it is often assumed that they are not threatened because they do not offer valuable horns, skin, or teeth, and because they are considered inedible by a majority of the population.
	www.wetlands.org /capacity/WW/past/wwvol-3/feature/iss10/feature.htm (1132 words)

	SchoolWorld Endangered Species Project: Malayan Tapir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The adult Malayan Tapir weights 550-660 pounds and is 3.5 feet tall, 6 feet long, and has a tail length of 2-4 inches.
		The tapir has a long stout, fl and white hair layers, short stumpy legs, a pink tongue and its head is half as wide as its body.
		The Malayan Tapir is a very interesting and unique animal to study so I suggest you should learn more about it soon before it's too late.
	www.schoolworld.asn.au /species/tapir.html (428 words)

	The Tapir Gallery - Tapirs Described
		The Baird's tapir lives in Mexico and Central America, and has been found in the northernmost areas of Colombia; the lowland (often called Brazilian) tapir lives in the rain forests of South America; and the mountain tapir lives in the high cloud forests and paramos of the northern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador.
		The tapirs are related to the primitive horse and to the rhinoceros.
		Male and female tapirs are not designated by words such as "cow" and "bull," but are simply called "male" and "female." This was the consensus of a discussion on the Tapir Talk e-mail list where 200 professionals were consulted in about 2001.
	www.tapirback.com /tapirgal/describd.htm (1656 words)

	Malayin Tapir (Tapirus indicus) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Malayan tapir is found in Southeast Asia in the following countries: southern Burma, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra.
		The Malayan tapir occurs in the Sundaland and Eastern Indonesian Archipelago Mangroves, Sumatran-Nicobar Islands Lowland Forests, and Sumatran Montane Forests
		The Malayan tapir is found in lowland areas in the dry season and moves into mountainous areas with the rainy season.
	www.indonesianfauna.com /malayantapir.php (726 words)

	The tapir: a big unknown
		The Malayan tapir inhabits southeast Asia, while the Mountain, Brazilian and Baird's tapirs live in the jungles and forests of South America.
		The Malayan also has a distinctive "pig in a blanket" look, with a fl head, shoulders and legs and a white body, while the South American tapir is brownish in colour.
		The Malayan tapir is not hunted to a great extent --it looks too much like a pig for the local Muslim populations to eat it.
	www.exn.ca /html/templates/printstory.cfm?ID=1999072253 (774 words)

	Tapir
		Tapirs are related to horses and rhinos, not to pigs.
		The Malayan tapir is the largest of the species and is distinguished by its unusual coloration.
		All young tapirs are born, however, with a pattern of dots and stripes on their body which makes them appear, in the words of one zoologist, like “watermelons with legs.” As they get older, these markings gradually fade away to be replaced by the permanent colours.
	www.nature.ca /notebooks/english/etapir.htm (204 words)

	IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group - Action Plan, 1997
		In Sumatra, tapirs are commonly referred to as tenuk or seladang, gindol, babi alu, kuda ayer, kuda rimbu, kuda arau, marba, cipan, and sipan (Van der Zon 1976, 1979).
		Tapirs closely resembling the Malayan tapir were found in India and Myanmar (Burma) during the Pliocene.
		Tapirs are found in all states of Peninsular Malaysia from the lowlands to the drier ridges (Williams and Petrides 1980).
	www.tapirback.com /tapirgal/iucn-ssc/tsg/action97/ap97-01.htm (1521 words)

	Digimorph - Tapirus indicus (Asian tapir)
		Tapirus indicus, the Asian or Malayan tapir, is the largest of the four living species of tapirs, weighing around 350 to 400 kg (800 to 900 lbs).
		The Asian tapir lives in the forests and jungles of Southeast Asia, and is the only living tapir species inhabiting the Old World (see map).
		The frontal sinuses of the Asian tapir are notably larger than those of the New World tapirs, as illustrated by the CT slices shown at the left.
	www.digimorph.org /specimens/Tapirus_indicus (964 words)

	Tapir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The tapir family is old by mammal standards: the earliest fossil tapir dates to the early Oligocene, and Eocene rocks from as long as 55 million years ago contain a wide range of tapir-like animals.
		Although tapirs were once widespread, only four species endured into the modern world: three from Central and the warmer parts of South America, one from South-east Asia.
		The smaller Mountain Tapir of the Andes is generally diurnal, but all four species react to hunting pressure by retreating deeper into inacessable regions and becoming more nocturnal and more secretive.
	www.icyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/tapir.html (725 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Northern Ireland \| Baby boom for Belfast Zoo
		The birth of Gertrude is good news for the zoo, as numbers of the Malayan tapir are rapidly decreasing in the wild.
		The new Malayan tapir's parents Gladys and Elmer are on loan to Belfast Zoo as part of the world wide breeding programme.
		Malayan tapirs are very rare, with fewer than 50 in European zoos and a global captive population of about 150 animals.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/3700856.stm (342 words)

	Rainforest Live: Tapirs
		Tapirs are found in the rainforests of South East Asia and South and Central America.
		There are four species of tapirs: the Brazilian tapir, the mountain tapir, the Bairds tapir and the Malayan tapir.
		Tapirs are mainly active at night, feeding on grasses, leaves, twigs, fruit and shoots.
	www.rainforestlive.org.uk /index.cfm?Articleid=508 (225 words)

	Woodland Park Zoo Press Release
		Since birth, the tapir calf had remained off public view in a heated barn due to the temperature needs of newborn tapirs.
		Tapirs are among the most primitive large mammals in the world, changing little in appearance in the past 15 million years.
		The average weight for adult Malayan tapirs is 750 pounds, although they can weigh up to 900 pounds.
	www.zoo.org /pressroom/pr/2003/pr12_10_2003.htm (376 words)

	Malayan Tapir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Malayan tapir is the largest of four different types of tapir.
		The tapir is endangered because it is hunted for food and for its skin, and also because its habitat is being destroyed by logging and farming.
		Tapirs are related to the horse and the rhinoceros.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/thaitapir.htm (167 words)

	Animal Fact Sheets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Malayan tapirs are the only Asian species of tapir, and are native to the island of Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, and Southern Thailand.
		Tapirs are browsers and grazers, feeding primarily on grasses, aquatic plants, leaves, buds, soft twigs and fruits of low-growing shrubs.
		The Malayan tapir’s natural habitats in southeast Asia are quickly disappearing due to human activities such as agriculture, cattle grazing, logging and flooding caused by hydroelectric projects.
	www.zoo.org /educate/fact_sheets/tapir/tapir.htm (975 words)

	News on the Keeper attacked by Tapir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A Malayan tapir Friday bit off the arm of a woman keeper who was feeding it in its pen, Oklahoma City zoo director Steve Wylie said.
		The Malayan tapir, a native of southeast Asia, resembles a fl and white pig with an extended snout.
		Zoo officials aren't certain why the Malayan tapir named Melody attacked the keeper, who was feeding the animal before the zoo opened.
	www.azvt.org /vettech/_disc3/0000003f.htm (376 words)

	Nexus: Perspective - Malayan tapir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The tapir is a piece of masterful design - the curved splashes of fl and white creating an illusion of moving light and shade when it ambles through the forest to confuse its hunters.
		In the wild a tapir's predators are leopards and tigers but by far the biggest threat to both tapirs and its predators is people.
		Tapirs are hunted for food as well as for their distinctive hide and just for sport.
	abcasiapacific.com /nexus/stories/s511134.htm (1060 words)

	Tapir
		Tapirs are compared with bears by adults, and confused with bears by children, quite frequently; in the descending rank of misidentifications, bears hold eighth place in general.
		The tapir's rounded back, as well as its trunk (supposed by many zoo-goers to be used for digging), give rise to comparisons with pigs (rank: 3), wild boars (rank: 5), and hogs (ranks: 16 and 62).
		Tapirs were confused with wild boars and hares, both of which are indigenous to certain countries, and both of which do not flourish in urban areas.
	www.zoonews.ws /IZN/300/Tapir.html (3055 words)

	Belfast Zoo
		The tapir is a curious looking creature with a stout, pig-like body and short, sturdy legs.
		The IUCN (World Conservation Union) considers the Malayan tapir to be in danger of extinction.
		There are a further 120 Malayan tapirs in other zoos around the world.
	www.belfastzoo.co.uk /tapir.asp (188 words)

	UNEP-WCMC - Malayan Tapir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In Indonesia tapirs are largely restricted to sanctuaries; in Sumatra a large proportion of the population occurs outside of reserves.
		Although tapirs are no longer found in the Nulayit Wildlife Sanctuary in Myanmar, some may still survive in areas outside.
		Santiapillai, C. The Status and Conservation of the Malayan Tapir in Sumatra, Indonesia.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /species/data/species_sheets/malayan.htm (503 words)

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