The Columbian

Endangered tapir born in Tacoma

A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and it’s also a fruit, a Washington zoo said. The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was named Ume, ...
WPLG

Zoo Miami celebrates birth of endangered Malayan tapir

MIAMI – Zoo Miami is celebrating the birth of an endangered Malayan tapir, marking the first successful birth of the species at the zoo in 18 years, Communications Director Ron Magill confirmed ...

Miller Zoo’s Baby Tapir Adorably Enjoys Her First Day Outside

Meet Rosie, a baby tapir and the newest member of the Miller Zoo family. Rosie was born on August 21 and got to enjoy her ...
Seattle Times

Point Defiance Zoo welcomes endangered Malayan tapir calf

The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma on Sunday welcomed a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf. It’s the second time a tapir, rare and endangered, has been born at the zoo since it ...
The Telegraph

Zoo’s last ‘prehistoric-looking’ tapir moves to California, officials say. Meet Ulan

A Washington zoo is saying goodbye to its last Malayan tapir before she moves to a new home in California, officials said. Ulan, the “prehistoric-looking” mammal, came to the Woodland Park Zoo in ...
The Bellingham Herald

‘Fuzzy watermelon’-looking endangered baby animal named after another fruit, WA zoo says

A Malayan tapir calf was born at the Tacoma zoo on Feb. 2. Katie G. Cotterill Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and ...