As members of the Indigenous Inga community of Musuiuiai, the guardians are tracking the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris), a sacred species in their culture. According to the community ...
SINGAPORE – A Malayan tapir that was spotted at the Punggol Park Connector most likely swam to Singapore from Malaysia, said the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres ...
Malayan tapirs are an endangered mammal species with a distinctive black and white coloring and stubby trunk-like nose. They live in forests throughout Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand ...
In the process, species like the dolphins and the tapirs, were driven from their habitats, their numbers rapidly dwindling. Flash forward to present-day and we find the same tragic story unfolding ...