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

The Brazilian tapir has a long and flexible snout which helps them to feed on leaves, buds, shoots, fruit, grass and aquatic plants. They generally feed only at night, hiding in the cool forest ...

Here, Bumi, a four-month-old Malayan tapir, cautiously approaches the curious humans gathered outside his enclosure, his snout gently nuzzling his mother Eli’s side. Born on Feb 12, Bumi is the ...

Fossilized teeth from two ancient megafauna suggest they roamed Brazil 3,500 years ago. The find “opens the door to rewrite South American history.” ...

While camping in a forest of Thailand, wildlife rangers heard a loud noise. They investigated and found themselves face-to-face with a rare mammal. A video shows the surprising encounter.

What do they eat? Baird’s tapirs are found in Central America, as well as coastal areas of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela They’re herbivores, and are known to eat over 200 species of plant They have ...

TIGERS and tapirs usually come to mind in classrooms ... of the world’s ugliest animals due to their long and pendulous nose. However, researchers have discovered that the particular shape ...

Ume, a rare Malayan tapir, just turned 1 month old at Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. With her giant eyes and bright spots, Ume has blown up online as a social media star. Hopefully ...

I spent the following weeks imagining wild cats coming to the pool to take a drink, tapirs entering the water for a swim, and birds splashing at the water’s edge, taking a bath. Last week, I was ...

Ume is a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf that was born Feb. 2 at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma. Her name means plum blossom and apricot in Japanese. Since then she has ...