Tapirs are a living fossil, having survived about 30 million years, but three of the four species of tapirs (three in the Americas and one in south-east Asia), are listed as endangered.

An endangered and rare Malayan tapir calf was born this weekend at Washington’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. Only the second tapir birth there in more than a hundred years, the unnamed ...

Tapirs are mammals that are akin to "pigs with trunks," according to National Geographic. Related to horses and rhinoceroses, the Malayan tapir can weigh as much as 800 pounds.

The tapir’s long, prehensile nose is its most obvious morphological feature. Tapirs use it not only for sniffing out intruders in Belizean jungles but also for picking up vegetation.

Tapirs are animals native to Central America, South America, and Southeast Asia, and have small trunks. This post by @lazoo shows a tapir named Mojito sniffing around with its trunk.

Moo Deng, who? Zoo Miami has announced the birth of a Malayan tapir, an endangered species recognizable by its pig-like appearance and elephant-like snout. According to the zoo, the calf was born ...

The “Together for Malayan Tapir” tree planting charity event, endorsed by the Department of Wildlife Protection and National ...

Houston Zoo became the 8th facility to achieve Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) accreditation 'without exceptions', ...

One tapir repeatedly chased another male away from a watering hole, the study said. During one of the five recorded chases, the tapirs “emitted another set of short high-pitch whistles.” ...