Baird’s tapirs are large, long-nosed mammals that may look like they’re relatives of elephants, but they're actually closer kin to horses, donkeys, zebras, and rhinoceroses.

Since 2015, Rivero has been studying the Baird’s tapirs of Mexico’s Sierra Madre de Chiapas mountain range, and training local teams in the basic concepts of biological monitoring.

Luna, una hembra tapir de Baird, tuvo que esperar 13 meses para que su nuevo hijo llegara el 13 de junio. Fue el primero de la especie en peligro de extinción nacido en el zoológico en 30 años.

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Abby, a Baird's tapir at Franklin Park Zoo. (Image Credit: Franklin Park Zoo) The zoo said Abby's full-term due date would be mid-September.

This bizarre little newborn was a Baird’s tapir from the Nashville Zoo, and it’s actually nothing at all like an aardvark. Or Danny DeVito. In fact, its closest living relatives are horses.

Each camera caught sight of a tapir, roughly, only once every 100 days. A Baird’s tapir captured via a camera trap during the study. Photo by: Carbajal-Borges et al.

The baby tapir’s name is Sandía, which means “watermelon” in Spanish. Metro Richmond Zoo says the Baird’s tapir is an endangered species native to Mexico and Central America.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN9-TV) The Reid Park Zoo says a baby Baird's tapir was born earlier this month. According to a post on the zoo website, the male calf was born on November 9 and weighed about 25 ...

The Zoo says on Facebook, "WELCOME TO THE WORLD: We are overjoyed to introduce our newest addition, a Baird's tapir calf, born Sunday, January 20, to proud parents Spencer and Alyssa.

This bizarre little newborn was a Baird’s tapir from the Nashville Zoo, and it’s actually nothing at all like an aardvark. Or Danny DeVito. In fact, its closest living relatives are horses.