Tapirs are elusive, herbivorous mammals with distinctive prehensile snouts that inhabit the forests of Central and South ...

Scientists captured footage of not just one but three tapirs roaming through Cunhambebe State Park, a major milestone for conservation efforts in Brazil’s Costa Verde region. This unexpected ...

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The 108 photos and videos showed the mother tapir and her two calves walking through Cunhambebe State Park (PEC), a unit conservation project of 38,000 hectares established in 2008 to help save ...

Located in the 4,330ha Sungai Dusun wildlife reserve, the centre is the only semi-wild sanctuary for Malayan tapirs (Tapirus indicus) in Malaysia. The centre focuses on conservation and ...

Malayan tapirs are solitary ... National Park Wildlife officials described the sighting as a positive sign for conservation efforts and an example of the value of routine patrols.

For this reason, Louis said, tapirs should be deemed a high conservation value (HCV) species, as they helped sustain biodiversity. HCV is a concept in forestry studies that denotes species of ...

According to Point Defiance Zoo staff, the Malayan tapir is considered an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The species, native to Southeast Asia ...