tapir

Do note that this image was taken on October 22nd, 2022, at ZooTampa at Lowry Park, in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Another poll in a series for zoochatters to vote for one of two EDGE mammal species. This time it is a contest between two herbivorous heavyweights from Africa and Latin America respectively: the black rhino and the Baird's tapir. Both are odd toed ungulates, both are classified as endangered...

currently 2 zoos in Australasia house Malayan Tapirs (Adelaide Zoo and Melbourne Zoo). Adelaide Zoo houses a Daughter Born At Adelaide to a male imported from Singapore Zoo in 1997 [died 2008] and a female from Henry Doorly Zoo (USA) in 1998 [still at Adelaide]. Melbourne Zoo houses a female...

Do note that this photo was taken back on July 6th,2019

Currently: * Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) - Almost every Indonesian zoo * South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris) - Maharani Zoo and Gembira Loka Zoo * Donkey (Equus africanus asinus) - Faunaland and Batu Secret Zoo * Horse (Equus ferus caballus) - Almost every Indonesian zoo * Chapman's...

Tapirus terrestris.

Tapirus terrestris.

Tapirus terrestris.

Only one out at the time.