Malayan tapir - Wikipedia
The Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called Asian tapir, Asiatic tapir, oriental tapir, Indian tapir, piebald tapir, or black-and-white tapir, is the only living tapir species outside of the Americas.
Malayan Tapir - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
The Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) (otherwise known as Asian tapir) is the only living species of Old World tapir. There are only 4 tapir species around the globe, and this animal is the largest of them. Meanwhile, the Asian tapir is the most evolutionarily distinct tapir in the world.
Malayan Tapir Facts, Distribution, Behavior, Adaptations - Animal …
Malayan tapirs, also known as the Asian tapirs, are one of the five species of tapirs. Well-known for their unique coloring, they are the only tapir species inhabiting Asia. Size – Malayan tapirs have a length of around 5’11’’-8’2’’ (1.8-2.5 m). Height – They stand at …
Malayan Tapir - Worldwide Nature
The Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) is a large, herbivorous mammal native to Southeast Asia. It is the largest of the four species of tapirs and is characterized by its unique appearance with a black body and white markings on the face and body.
Malayan Tapir - Denver Zoo
Malayan tapirs are six to eight feet (1.8-2.4 m) long. They weigh 550-704 pounds (250-320 kg); females are larger than males. They stand three to three and a half feet (90-107 cm) tall. They have a distinctive color pattern – the front and back parts are black and the midsection is …
Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus) Facts: An Endangered Species
The Malayan tapir is the largest species of tapir and has the longest proboscis. The animal is also known as the Asian tapir. It has a distinctive black-and-white pattern on its body.
Tapirs in Black and White | Tapir Specialist Group
Malayan Tapirs are found from southern Thailand and southern Myanmar (Burma) through the Malayan Peninsula, as well as on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Their habitat is rainforests and lower montane forests. They are able to inhabit secondary, regenerating native forests.
ADW: Tapirus indicus: INFORMATION
Malayan tapirs are forest dwellers that inhabit tropical terrestrial habitats. They occur in rain forests, jungles, primary forests, secondary forests, mature rubber plantations, forest edges, and sometimes open fields or cultivated areas.
Black, white and unique: the Malayan tapir struggles for recognition
2016年9月7日 · The Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) is the largest of the world’s tapirs, and the only one found in Asia. The three others, which are better known, live in Central and South America.
Animal Info - Malayan Tapir
2006年6月4日 · The Malayan tapir occurs in southern and central parts of Sumatra , Myanmar (south of latitude 18° N), Malaysia, and Thailand (along the western border and on the Peninsular down to the Malaysian border, and in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in northern Thailand).