Malayan Tapir

The Malayan tapir, also called Asian tapir, Asiatic tapir and Indian tapir, is the only tapir species native to Southeast Asia from the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra. It has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2008, as the population is estimated to comprise less than 2,500 mature individuals. 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. Malayan tapirs have few predators. Only tigers and Asian wild dogs, called dholes, present a threat to them. Their greatest predators are humans, who sometimes capture them for sale or kill them. Humans also threaten tapirs by destroying their habitat.

Conservation status: Endangered (Population decreasing)

Scientific name: Tapirus indicus

Mass: 550 lbs (Adult)

Trophic level: Herbivorous

Length: 5.9 – 8.2 ft. (Without Tail)

Lifespan: 30 years

Family: Tapiridae