#tapir — Public Fediverse posts

The Wooly #Tapir AKA Mountain Tapir gives birth to one calf at a time 🩷😻 They’re #endangered due to a many threats: #climatechange and #pollution from #gold mining. Resist for them! #BoycottPalmOil #BoycottGold 🥇☠️❌ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2025/12/28/mountain-tapir-tapirus-pinchaque/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

The Wooly #Tapir AKA Mountain Tapir gives birth to one calf at a time 🩷😻 They’re #endangered due to a many threats: #climatechange and #pollution from #gold mining. Resist for them! #BoycottPalmOil #BoycottGold 🥇☠️❌ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2025/12/28/mountain-tapir-tapirus-pinchaque/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

The Wooly #Tapir AKA Mountain Tapir gives birth to one calf at a time 🩷😻 They’re #endangered due to a many threats: #climatechange and #pollution from #gold mining. Resist for them! #BoycottPalmOil #BoycottGold 🥇☠️❌ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2025/12/28/mountain-tapir-tapirus-pinchaque/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

The Wooly #Tapir AKA Mountain Tapir gives birth to one calf at a time 🩷😻 They’re #endangered due to a many threats: #climatechange and #pollution from #gold mining. Resist for them! #BoycottPalmOil #BoycottGold 🥇☠️❌ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2025/12/28/mountain-tapir-tapirus-pinchaque/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

For #WorldTapirDay :
#Tapir Pendant
Diquis, Costa Rica, c. 700-1400 CE
Gold, Length 2 in.
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/116714411_a-diquis-gold-tapir-pendant-costa-rica-c-700-dallas-tx
#IndigenousArt #CentralAmericanArt

For #WorldTapirDay my #linocut Malayan tapirs, adult and baby. There are four types of tapir; this linocut is of both an adult and baby Malayan tapir. Tapirs always look very dapper, if improbable, in their black and white coat. The adults with their white saddles look like an aardvark crossed with an elephant, wearing a tuxedo. 🧵

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1187718355

#Linocut #printmaking #tapir #MalayanTapir #sciart #wildlife #conservation #blackAndWhite

Heute ist "Welt Tapir Tag"! 😊😉

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapire

#gedenktag #tapir #welttapirtag #worldtapirday

Wenig bekannt, weil dem Aussterben nahe: Die Tapire. Am 27. April ist ihr Welttag. Früher eine umfangreiche Gattung, Heute nur noch wenige Arten weltweit und diese sind stark gefährdet. Details:

https://umwelttage.info/umwelttage-im-april.html#27b
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#tapir #tiere #naturtage #umwelttage #welttage #27april #april27 #baldwald

🐾 Giornata Mondiale del Tapiro

La Giornata Mondiale del Tapiro, celebrata ogni anno il 27 aprile, torna anche nel 2026 con nuove storie, progetti e iniziative dedicate a uno degli animali più antichi e sorprendenti del pianeta. La ricorrenza, nata nel 2008 grazie a organizzazioni internazionali impegnate nella tutela della fauna selvatica, ha l’obiettivo di far conoscere meglio i tapiri e di sostenere le azioni per proteggerli dall’estinzione.

Per collegarti all’articolo già pubblicato su Perfettamente Chic, puoi ripartire da qui: ⬇️

https://perfettamentechic.com/2025/04/27/🐾world-tapir-day🐾/

🌍 Perché proprio il 27 aprile?

La data è stata scelta in onore di April, un tapiro di Baird nato in Belize, simbolo nazionale e amatissimo dagli ambientalisti. La sua nascita ricorre proprio il 27 aprile, trasformato così in un giorno dedicato alla celebrazione e alla protezione di tutti i tapiri del mondo.

🐾 Novità e curiosità per il 2026

Il 2026 porta con sé nuove iniziative che arricchiscono la celebrazione:

• Programmi di conservazione rafforzati: continuano i progetti internazionali per proteggere le quattro specie di tapiro esistenti, tutte considerate in pericolo di estinzione.
• Focus sul tapiro malese, il più raro e l’unico asiatico, con campagne dedicate alla tutela del suo habitat frammentato.
• Coinvolgimento del pubblico: come nel caso del Bioparc Fuengirola, che nel 2025 ha lanciato una votazione per scegliere il nome di un cucciolo di tapiro malese — iniziativa che nel 2026 viene riproposta da diversi parchi zoologici per sensibilizzare i visitatori.
• Nuove attività educative online: la community internazionale di World Tapir Day continua a crescere, con eventi digitali, dirette social e materiali informativi per far conoscere il ruolo ecologico dei tapiri, veri “giardinieri delle foreste”.

🌱 Perché i tapiri sono così importanti?

Oltre al loro aspetto buffo e preistorico, i tapiri svolgono un ruolo fondamentale negli ecosistemi tropicali: disperdono semi, modellano la vegetazione e contribuiscono alla salute delle foreste. Proteggerli significa proteggere interi habitat.

Autore: Lynda Di Natale
Fonte: web
Immagine: AI

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ black caracara ✧

The black caracara (Daptrius ater) is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae, found in the lowlands of the Amazon basin and French Guiana. Its common habitats include rivers, gallery forest and wooded savanna, at elevations up to 900 meters (3,000 ft). A largely sedentary and sociable species, it is an opportunistic omnivore...

#amazon #tapir #naporiver #sucumbíosprovince #frenchguiana #wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_caracara

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ black caracara ✧

The black caracara (Daptrius ater) is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae, found in the lowlands of the Amazon basin and French Guiana. Its common habitats include rivers, gallery forest and wooded savanna, at elevations up to 900 meters (3,000 ft). A largely sedentary and sociable species, it is an opportunistic omnivore...

#amazon #tapir #naporiver #sucumbíosprovince #frenchguiana #wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_caracara

Wild Brazil released in 2014

More animals live here than on any other nation on earth.

The Pantanal has more predators than any other place on the planet.

(1/3)

#tv #animals #tuftedcapuchins #giantotters #caiman #tapir #anteaters #coati #southernlapwings #AnacondaSnake

Wild Brazil released in 2014

More animals live here than on any other nation on earth.

The Pantanal has more predators than any other place on the planet.

(1/3)

#tv #animals #tuftedcapuchins #giantotters #caiman #tapir #anteaters #coati #southernlapwings #AnacondaSnake

Wild Brazil released in 2014

More animals live here than on any other nation on earth.

The Pantanal has more predators than any other place on the planet.

(1/3)

#tv #animals #tuftedcapuchins #giantotters #caiman #tapir #anteaters #coati #southernlapwings #AnacondaSnake

Wild Brazil released in 2014

More animals live here than on any other nation on earth.

The Pantanal has more predators than any other place on the planet.

(1/3)

#tv #animals #tuftedcapuchins #giantotters #caiman #tapir #anteaters #coati #southernlapwings #AnacondaSnake

Wild Brazil released in 2014

More animals live here than on any other nation on earth.

The Pantanal has more predators than any other place on the planet.

(1/3)

#tv #animals #tuftedcapuchins #giantotters #caiman #tapir #anteaters #coati #southernlapwings #AnacondaSnake

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheMorningAfterMix

Tapir!:
🎵 Eidolon

#Tapir!

https://tapir-exclamation-mark.bandcamp.com/track/eidolon

https://open.spotify.com/track/7ISKjLKqjLlVXNhUbavGFk

The lowland #Tapir of the Atlantic Forest is a seed dispersing behemoth weighing up to 250kg 😻🌳🌿🌱 Major threats #roads #meat and #palmoil #deforestation. Fight for their survival Be #vegan 🥦 #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🔥🧐⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/01/20/in-the-atlantic-forest-the-lowland-tapir-is-at-risk-of-extinction/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Time for #woolly #tapir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3TK320HnLc #wildlife

The Wooly #Tapir AKA Mountain Tapir gives birth to one calf at a time 🩷😻 They’re #endangered due to a many threats: #climatechange and #pollution from #gold mining. Resist for them! #BoycottPalmOil #BoycottGold 🥇☠️❌ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2025/12/28/mountain-tapir-tapirus-pinchaque/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

The lowland #Tapir of the Atlantic Forest is a seed dispersing behemoth weighing up to 250kg 😻🌳🌿🌱 Major threats #roads #meat and #palmoil #deforestation. Fight for their survival Be #vegan 🥦 #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🔥🧐⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @[email protected] palmoildetectives.com/2022/01/20/i...

In the Atlantic Forest, the lo...

The Wooly #Tapir AKA Mountain Tapir gives birth to one calf at a time 🩷😻 They're #endangered due to a many threats: #climatechange and #pollution from #gold mining. Resist for them! #BoycottPalmOil #BoycottGold 🥇☠️❌ #Boycott4Wildlife

http://palmoildetectives.com/2025/12/28/mountain-tapir-tapirus-pinchaque/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Mountain Tapir Tapirus pinchaque

Mountain Tapir Tapirus pinchaque

IUCN Red List Status: Endangered

Location: Colombia, Ecuador, northern Peru

Mountain Tapirs inhabit the high Andean cloud forests and páramos above 2,000 metres in the northern Andes. They are found in Colombia’s Central and Eastern Cordilleras, throughout Ecuador including Sangay and Podocarpus National Parks, and into northern Peru, notably in Cajamarca and Lambayeque.

The Mountain Tapir Tapirus pinchaque is one of the most threatened large mammals in the northern Andes, currently listed as Endangered. Their populations have declined by over 50% in the past three decades due to habitat loss, illegal hunting, climate change, and rampant mining. With fewer than 2,500 mature individuals remaining, they are quietly disappearing from their mist-shrouded mountain homes. Human encroachment, infrastructure development, and cattle grazing now invade their last strongholds. Without urgent action, they may vanish forever. Use your wallet as a weapon and fight back when you shop #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife and be #BoycottGold

https://youtu.be/2hqFZVgMZAA

Sweet-natured Mountain #Tapirs of #Ecuador 🇪🇨 #Peru 🇵🇪 and #Colombia 🇨🇴 face serious threats incl. illegal crops, #gold #mining, #palmoil #deforestation and hunting. Help them survive #BoycottPalmOil 🌴⛔️#BoycottGold 🥇⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2025/12/28/mountain-tapir-tapirus-pinchaque/

The Wooly #Tapir AKA Mountain Tapir gives birth to one calf at a time 🩷😻 They’re #endangered due to a many threats: #climatechange and #pollution from #gold mining. Resist for them! #BoycottPalmOil #BoycottGold 🥇☠️❌ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2025/12/28/mountain-tapir-tapirus-pinchaque/

Appearance & Behaviour

Also known as the woolly tapir for their thick, dark, shaggy coat, Mountain Tapirs are built to survive in the cold, damp cloud forests and páramo grasslands. Their dense fur, white lips, and prehensile snout give them an almost prehistoric appearance. These solitary and elusive mammals are primarily nocturnal and crepuscular, navigating dense foliage with ease. Once thought to be loners, long-term studies in Ecuador have revealed that they form small, close-knit family groups, with calves gradually dispersing over several years (Castellanos et al., 2022).

Threats

Deforestation for palm oil, meat agriculture and illicit opium/coca cultivation

Large swathes of Andean cloud forest and páramo are being cleared to make way for palm oil agricultural expansion, cattle grazing, and opium or coca cultivation. These activities are not only destroying core habitat but also breaking up previously connected populations, leaving tapirs isolated and vulnerable to local extinctions. The introduction of cattle into remote tapir refuges has become increasingly common, even inside designated national parks such as Sangay in Ecuador. This leads to trampling of sensitive vegetation, direct competition for food, and destruction of the unique montane ecosystems that Mountain Tapirs rely on for survival.

Illegal hunting for meat, traditional medicine, and cultural uses

Although hunting pressure has declined slightly in Ecuador due to greater public awareness, it remains severe in Colombia and Peru. Tapirs are killed for their meat, and their skins are used to make traditional tools, horse gear, carpets, and bed covers. Additionally, body parts are sold in local markets or prescribed by shamans for use in traditional medicine. In many remote areas, Mountain Tapirs are still being actively poached, and it is now rare to find populations that are not affected by some form of overhunting.

Gold mining and illegal mining causing deforestation and poisoning of ecosystems

Gold mining projects in the northern Peruvian Andes and central Colombia are rapidly destroying the last cloud forest headwaters and páramo ecosystems where tapirs persist. Both legal and illegal mining operations contaminate streams and watersheds with heavy metals and toxic runoff, which has severe consequences for both tapirs and the human communities downstream. Mining also brings roads, noise, and human settlements into previously inaccessible areas, increasing hunting pressure and reducing available habitat. In some parts of Peru, nearly 30% of the Mountain Tapir’s current range now overlaps with active or planned gold mining concessions (More et al., 2022).

Climate change pushing tapirs further uphill into shrinking habitat

As global temperatures rise, the high-elevation ecosystems where Mountain Tapirs live are shrinking. Suitable climate zones are shifting higher up the mountains, but because mountains have limited space at the top, this forces tapirs into ever smaller areas with fewer food resources. This phenomenon, known as “the escalator to extinction,” is especially dangerous for highland species like the Mountain Tapir, who cannot move downward into warmer zones. Climate change also alters rainfall patterns and vegetation cycles, further straining the species’ delicate habitat requirements.

Road construction and vehicle collisions within protected areas

Infrastructure development is rapidly cutting through mountainous areas, including roads that bisect national parks and reserves. This not only fragments tapir habitat but also leads to direct deaths through vehicle collisions. Once roads are completed, traffic speeds increase and tapirs crossing roads—especially at dawn and dusk—become highly vulnerable. Roads also make previously remote areas more accessible to poachers, settlers, and resource extractors, while local governments often lack sufficient ranger staff to monitor and protect these newly exposed areas.

Fumigation campaigns using toxic chemicals to eradicate drug crops

In Colombia, the government authorises aerial fumigation of coca and poppy fields using glyphosate-based herbicides like Round-Up. These chemicals are sprayed over wide areas, including forests and National Parks, contaminating soil, plants, and water sources. Mountain Tapirs can absorb these toxins through skin contact or ingestion, potentially leading to illness, reproductive failure, or death. Fumigation also destroys native plants that tapirs rely on for food, further decreasing habitat quality in affected areas.

Widespread introduction of cattle and the threat of disease transmission

Domestic cattle are increasingly being introduced into mountain tapir habitat, especially within protected areas where enforcement is weak. These animals not only compete with tapirs for forage but also carry diseases such as bovine tuberculosis and foot-and-mouth disease. Disease outbreaks have already been documented among tapirs in other parts of Latin America and pose a serious threat to small, isolated populations. In the Andes, cattle often form feral herds that reproduce and spread deep into cloud forests, further eroding habitat integrity and increasing the risk of tapir extinction.

Weak enforcement of environmental laws and lack of large protected areas in Peru

Although some Mountain Tapir habitat falls within designated protected areas, law enforcement in Peru is generally under-resourced and poorly coordinated. Rangers are too few to patrol vast mountainous regions effectively, and illegal activities such as mining, logging, and hunting continue within protected boundaries. Furthermore, most reserves are too small or fragmented to support viable tapir populations over the long term. Without stronger policies, larger protected zones, and meaningful binational cooperation with Ecuador and Colombia, tapirs in Peru face an uncertain future.

Low reproductive rate and slow population recovery

Mountain Tapirs have a long gestation period of around 13 months and typically produce only one calf at a time, meaning population growth is inherently slow. When combined with high mortality from hunting, roadkill, and disease, their populations cannot recover quickly from losses. Calves stay with their mothers for extended periods, further limiting reproductive output. This slow life cycle makes the species particularly vulnerable to sudden or sustained threats across their fragmented range.

Geographic Range

This species is found in the high Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and northernmost Peru. In Colombia, they are present in the Central and Eastern Cordilleras but are absent from the Western Cordillera and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. In Ecuador, they range from the central Andes down through Sangay National Park to Podocarpus, with new records emerging from previously unconnected areas in the western Andes. In Peru, they occur north and south of the Huancabamba River in Cajamarca and Lambayeque (More et al., 2022). The total range in Peru is estimated at 183,000 hectares, but mining concessions cover nearly 30% of this habitat.

Diet

Mountain Tapirs are browsers, feeding on a wide variety of vegetation including leaves, shoots, fruits, and bromeliads. Their diet varies depending on the availability of plants within their high-altitude habitats, playing an important role as seed dispersers within these fragile ecosystems.

Mating and Reproduction

Mountain Tapirs have a slow reproductive rate, with a gestation period of approximately 13 months. Females typically give birth to a single calf, which stays with them for several months or even years before dispersing. Calves are born with white stripes and spots that fade as they mature. Their slow breeding cycle makes it difficult for populations to recover from hunting and habitat loss.

FAQs

How many Mountain Tapirs are left in the wild?

Fewer than 2,500 mature individuals remain in the wild, and the population is continuing to decline by at least 20% every two decades due to ongoing threats like habitat destruction, hunting, and climate change (IUCN, 2015).

What is the average lifespan of a Mountain Tapir?

In the wild, Mountain Tapirs may live up to 25 years, though this is significantly affected by environmental threats. Captive individuals can live slightly longer under safe and controlled conditions.

What are the biggest challenges to conserving Mountain Tapirs?

Major challenges include habitat fragmentation due to road construction, agriculture, and mining; the presence of armed conflict zones that hinder research and protection; and the slow reproduction rate of the species, which makes population recovery difficult (Guzmán-Valencia et al., 2024; More et al., 2022).

Do Mountain Tapirs make good pets?

No. Keeping a Mountain Tapir as a pet is unethical and illegal. These intelligent, solitary animals require large, wild habitats to survive. Capturing and trading them causes immense suffering and drives the species further toward extinction. Advocating against the exotic pet trade is vital to their survival.

Take Action!

Boycott palm oil and products linked to Andean deforestation. Support indigenous-led conservation and agroecology initiatives in the Andes. Call for stronger protections against mining and deforestation in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Refuse to buy exotic animal products, including those used in folk medicine. #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife #Vegan #BoycottMeat

Support Mountain Tapirs by going vegan and boycotting palm oil in the supermarket, it’s the #Boycott4Wildlife

Support the conservation of this species

This animal has no protections in place. Read about other forgotten species here. Create art to support this forgotten animal or raise awareness about them by sharing this post and using the #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife hashtags on social media. Also you can boycott palm oil in the supermarket.

Further Information

Castellanos, A., Dadone, L., Ascanta, M., & Pukazhenthi, B. (2022). Andean tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) social groups and calf dispersal patterns in Ecuador. Boletín Técnico, Serie Zoológica, 17, 9–14. Retrieved from https://journal.espe.edu.ec/ojs/index.php/revista-serie-zoologica/article/view/2858

Delborgo Abra, F., Medici, P., Brenes-Mora, E., & Castelhanos, A. (2024). The Impact of Roads and Traffic on Tapir Species. In Tapirs of the World (pp. 157–165). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65311-7_10

Guzmán-Valencia, C., Castrillón, L., Roncancio Duque, N., & Márquez, R. (2024). Co-Occurrence, Occupancy and Habitat Use of the Andean Bear and Mountain Tapir: Insights for Conservation Management in the Colombian Andes. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5061561

Lizcano, D.J., Amanzo, J., Castellanos, A., Tapia, A. & Lopez-Malaga, C.M. 2016. Tapirus pinchaque. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T21473A45173922. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T21473A45173922.en. Accessed on 06 April 2025.

More, A., Devenish, C., Carrillo-Tavara, K., Piana, R. P., Lopez-Malaga, C., Vega-Guarderas, Z., & Nuñez-Cortez, E. (2022). Distribution and conservation status of the mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) in Peru. Journal for Nature Conservation, 66, 126130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126130

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A larger blood hunter lad! Did a tapir this time, Think I never saw anyone make a fursona/oc with them? they're interesting creatures.

#anthro #tapir #furry #anthropomorphic #fantasy #dnd #rpg #bloodhunter #daggerheart #pathfinder #illustration #art #artwork #krita #oc #characterdesign #gaertan #bulky #larger

✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨

Please unmute!

Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!

#happy #tapir #animal #cute #joyousjoyness #repost

Когда после обновления Destiny 2 перестал запускаться, даже через различные vpn - я затерпел, удалил и забыл. #tapir
Когда BF6 при каждом запуске роняет сеть, и нужно вручную перезапускать подключение - я затерпел, ведь это не сложно.

Но когда блять после недели отпуска перестал обновляться ZZZ - У МЕНЯ СГОРЕЛА ЖОПА. Не помогают ни VPN, ни различные DNS, ни исключения в брандмауере, ни сброс сети, ни переустановка, ни очистка кэша лаунчера. Иногда начинает скачивать, несколько минут покачает и перестаёт.

Чё происходит то?..

@RickiTarr I know you probably won't be able to actually unterstand it, but it's too good not to share: #German singer #FunnyVanDannen wrote this awesome song, in which he wanted to have an #Okapi poster for his birthday, but received one of a Malayan #tapir instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM2L31bgNBI

#Hornbills, #otters and even a #tapir: #Singapore is #rewilding

Once-lost species are coming back to the densely built-up city-state

September 14, 2023

"In a metropolis of 5.6m people, says Lim Liang Jim, head of biodiversity at the National Parks Board, the priority has been conserving or recreating natural habitats, as well as connecting natural spaces with corridors to let species move and spread. The #renaturalisation of river banks that were previously concreted over helped the otters. A former #railway to #Malaysia is now a “#GreenCorridor” whose damp verges are full of #insects, #frogs and #waterhens. The planted sides and central verges of highways allow smaller animals to move more safely."

https://www.economist.com/asia/2023/09/14/hornbills-otters-and-even-a-tapir-singapore-is-rewilding

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/J53s3

#SolarPunkSunday #Restoration #GreenSpace #Gardens #Biodiversity #GardenCity #UrbanRewilding

🚨 BABY TAPIR ALERT 🚨

#tapir

Sleepy tapir

#tapir

After the Flames, Hope by Fernando Faciole

Tapir saved from fire, #Pantanal region, #Brazil, 2024. A tapir, nicknamed Valente, was rescued with all four legs and ears burned and unable to move. The one-year-old male was saved by the Onçafari project team on the Caiman property. The animal is now undergoing intensive treatment to heal its injuries and return to the wild.

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TapirVet: un proyecto que une ciencia y comunidad para proteger a las dantas

Un equipo liderado por el veterinario de vida silvestre, Jorge Rojas Jiménez, está al frente de una iniciativa para proteger a uno de los mamíferos más emblemáticos de Costa Rica: la danta, también conocida como tapir. A través del proyecto TapirVet, Rojas y su equipo combinan ciencia ecológica, medicina veterinaria y participación comunitaria [...]

#Ciencia #Conservación #Danta #Slider #Tapir

https://www.crhoy.com/tecnologia/ciencia/tapirvet-un-proyecto-que-une-ciencia-y-comunidad-para-proteger-a-las-dantas/

TapirVet: un proyecto que une ciencia y comunidad para proteger a las dantas

Un equipo liderado por el veterinario de vida silvestre, Jorge Rojas Jiménez, está al frente de una iniciativa para proteger a uno de los mamíferos más emblemáticos de Costa Rica: la danta, también conocida como tapir. A través del proyecto TapirVet, Rojas y su equipo combinan ciencia ecológica, medicina veterinaria y participación comunitaria [...]

#Ciencia #Conservación #Danta #Slider #Tapir

https://www.crhoy.com/tecnologia/ciencia/tapirvet-un-proyecto-que-une-ciencia-y-comunidad-para-proteger-a-las-dantas/

April 27 was World Tapir Day.

If you want to learn more about these animals, check out Mongabay's reporting here:

https://news.mongabay.com/?s=tapir&formats=

#News #Conservation #Environment #Wildlife #Tapir #WorldTapirDay

If #tumblr had to see it then so do you. But you get an actual webm video, rather than four GIFs and an MP3. Edited/rendered with kdenlive, where I added English subtitles. #tapir #belize #gif #mp3 #webm #australia #WorldTapirDay #kdenlive

Original: https://www.tumblr.com/aspensmonster/782022193200693248

I recommend celebrating with a nap.

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Die #Fauna der Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in #Kolumbien ist atemberaubend! Hier leben mehrere 100 Vogelarten: von #Kolibris bis hin zu majestätischen #Greifvögel n. Den Santa-Marta-Degenflügel sowie die Santa-Marta-Elfe – beides Kolibri-Arten – gibt es nur hier!

Auch die bunte Vielfalt der #Reptilien- und #Amphibien welt ist beeindruckend. Farbenprächtige #Frösche, faszinierenden #Schlangen und #Echsen beherbergt diese Bergregion sowie #Jaguar, #Tapir #Kapuzineraffe.
https://www.naturefund.de/projekte/kogi_in_kolumbien/projektnews/projektbrief/news/spektakulaere_flora_und_fauna

Happy World Tapir Day! https://www.phylopic.org/nodes/bcdfc056-2a44-46ec-94e4-0bcab2e7209d/lineage #tapir #Tapirs

Malayan Tapir Tapirus indicus

Malayan Tapir Tapirus indicus

IUCN Red List Status: Endangered

Locations: Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra (Indonesia)

Found in tropical lowland and montane forests of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula, with isolated populations in western Thailand and the Thai-Myanmar border region.

The Malay Tapir is listed as Endangered due to a severe and ongoing population decline of over 50% in the past 36 years. This is driven primarily by deforestation from palm oil expansion, fragmentation of habitat, road kills, and accidental deaths in illegal snares. Their forest homes are being rapidly replaced by palm oil monoculture plantations, especially in Sumatra and Malaysia, leaving fewer than 2,500 mature individuals in the wild. Despite being important seed dispersers in their ecosystem they face a dire future, particularly in Sumatra where remaining tapir populations are critically low and fragmented. Use your wallet as a weapon—#BoycottPalmOil and demand forest protection to stop the extinction of these elusive and important forest dwellers. #Boycott4Wildlife

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Population declines are estimated to have been greater than 50% in the past three generations (36 years) driven primarily by large scale conversion of tapir habitat to palm oil plantations and other human dominated land-use. The main reason for declines in the past is habitat conversion, with large tracts land being converted into palm oil plantations. However, increasingly as other large ‘prey” species decline in the area hunters are beginning to look towards tapir as a food source.

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Appearance and Behaviour

The Malay Tapir, also known as the Asian Tapir, is instantly recognisable due to their striking black-and-white colouring—black at the front and back with a pale saddle across the midsection, a form of disruptive camouflage in low-light forest. They are the largest of the tapir species and the only one found in Asia. Solitary and nocturnal, Malay Tapirs are shy browsers that patrol large territories, communicating through high-pitched whistles and squeals. Recent studies have revealed they have individually distinct vocalisations, likely used for identification and social interactions in dense forest (Walb et al., 2021).

Diet

Malay Tapirs are generalist herbivores, browsing on more than 380 species of plants. They prefer young shoots, leaves, fruits, and twigs, often breaking branches to access foliage. Though not considered strong seed dispersers due to seed chewing, their selective feeding plays an important ecological role in maintaining forest structure.

Reproduction and Mating

Breeding is non-seasonal, with females giving birth to a single calf after an 11–13 month gestation. Calves are born with brown and white striped coats, providing excellent camouflage. They stay with their mother for up to two years. In captivity, a rare case of twin births has been documented, suggesting the potential for delayed implantation.

Geographic Range

Malay Tapirs are distributed in three main regions:

• Sumatra, Indonesia: Southern and central regions, with highly fragmented and declining populations.
• Peninsular Malaysia and Southern Thailand: This region supports the largest and most stable population, though southern forest fragments are facing increasing isolation.
• Thailand–Myanmar border: Populations here are small and fragmented, primarily surviving in transboundary protected areas such as the Western Forest Complex and Taninthayi Range. The species is presumed extinct in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.

Threats

Palm oil deforestation

The conversion of lowland tropical rainforest into palm oil plantations remains the single largest threat to Malay Tapirs. Their preferred habitat—dense, moist forests—is being cleared at an alarming rate, particularly in Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. This habitat destruction not only reduces the available range but also isolates populations into small, disconnected forest fragments. These plantations also increase human-wildlife conflict and create ecological dead zones that offer no viable resources for tapirs to survive.

Habitat fragmentation and road kills

As forests are dissected by roads and settlements, Malay Tapirs are forced to cross dangerous terrain in search of food or mates. This leads to a growing number of road-related mortalities. In Malaysia alone, more than 50 displaced tapirs were recorded from 2011–2013, with a third of them killed by vehicles. These roads also hinder genetic flow between populations, worsening inbreeding risks and reducing overall population viability.

Illegal snaring and accidental trapping

Tapirs are often the unintended victims of wire snares set for other species. These traps are indiscriminate and deadly, frequently causing injuries or deaths. In Sumatra, tapirs have been killed or maimed by these snares, often set by local hunters targeting wild boar or deer. Although not the primary target, tapirs are especially vulnerable due to their large size and solitary movements through the forest.

Increased hunting pressure

While Malay Tapirs are traditionally not hunted in most of their range due to cultural taboos or lack of desirability as bushmeat, this is beginning to change. As populations of more desirable prey like deer decline, hunters are starting to target tapirs out of desperation. In some areas, such as Sumatra, tapir meat has been sold in local markets. There are also concerns that declining rhino populations may prompt poachers to kill tapirs and sell their body parts as ‘placebo rhino’.

Live capture and illegal wildlife trade

In Indonesia, the capture of tapirs for private collections and zoos was once common, with reports of dozens of animals passing through institutions like Pekanbaru Zoo since the 1990s. Although this trade has diminished in recent years, likely due to increased awareness and regulations, any resurgence in live capture—whether for display or illegal sale—would place enormous pressure on already fragile wild populations.

Inbreeding and isolation in small subpopulations

Many of the remaining tapir populations are isolated in small forest patches, especially in southern Peninsular Malaysia and parts of Thailand. Subpopulations often contain fewer than 15 individuals, far below the viable threshold for long-term survival. Without corridors or human-managed gene flow, these populations suffer from inbreeding, reduced fertility, and increased risk of extinction due to random events or disease.

Loss of salt lick access

Salt licks are vital for tapirs to supplement their mineral intake, especially in areas with a plant-based diet low in sodium. However, the loss of access to natural salt licks due to forest clearance, road construction, and plantation expansion has a direct impact on their health and social behaviours. In Malaysia’s Belum-Temengor Forest Complex, research shows tapirs rely heavily on these mineral sources, often revisiting them every few weeks. The loss of salt licks fragments their home ranges and reduces fitness.

Unprotected habitat in Myanmar

In Myanmar, where only around 5% of the land is protected, much of the tapir’s habitat lies outside conservation zones and is increasingly targeted for rubber and palm oil expansion. Civil unrest and land tenure disputes further complicate conservation efforts, limiting access for researchers and increasing the likelihood of habitat destruction. Even where tapirs are present, the lack of formal protection makes long-term survival uncertain.

FAQs

How many Malay Tapirs are left in the wild?

Current estimates suggest fewer than 2,500 mature individuals remain globally, with some subpopulations containing as few as 10–15 individuals (IUCN, 2017). Populations in Sumatra are estimated at fewer than 500 individuals and continue to decline due to deforestation and snaring.

What is the average lifespan of Malayan Tapirs?

In the wild, Malay Tapirs may live around 25–30 years. In captivity, they can exceed this range under veterinary care, though stress-related illnesses are common.

Are Malay Tapirs hunted?

Although not traditionally consumed in Malaysia or Thailand, tapirs are sometimes hunted for meat or mistaken for other animals. In some areas, displaced tapirs are also killed in retaliation after wandering into plantations or villages. Live trade for zoos and illegal private collections was once common, particularly in Indonesia, but this appears to have declined in recent years.

?Do Malay Tapirs make good pets?

Absolutely not. Keeping a Malay Tapir as a pet is incredibly cruel and illegal. These solitary forest dwellers are endangered and belong in their natural habitat – deep in the rainforest. Capturing or trading them for private ownership contributes directly to their extinction and causes immense suffering.

Why are salt licks important to Malayan Tapirs?

Recent studies have shown that Malay Tapirs frequently visit salt licks to supplement their diet with essential minerals. These areas may also serve social functions, where male and female tapirs overlap and interact (Tawa et al., 2021).

Take Action!

• Boycott all products containing palm oil every time you shop. Learn how.
• Support rewilding and indigenous-led conservation efforts in Southeast Asia.
• Campaign for forest protection policies across Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia.
• Demand accountability from zoos and wildlife traffickers involved in the live trade of endangered animals.
• #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife Go #Vegan and #BoycottMeat

Further Information

Pinondang, I. M. R., Deere, N. J., Voigt, M., Ardiantiono, Subagyo, A., Moßbrucker, A., … Struebig, M. J. (2024). Safeguarding Asian tapir habitat in Sumatra, Indonesia. Oryx, 58(4), 451–461. doi:10.1017/S0030605323001576

Tawa, Y., Mohd Sah, S. A., & Kohshima, S. (2021). Salt-lick use by wild Malayan tapirs (Tapirus indicus): Behaviour and social interactions at salt licks. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 67, 91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-021-01536-9

Traeholt, C., Novarino, W., bin Saaban, S., Shwe, N.M., Lynam, A., Zainuddin, Z., Simpson, B. & bin Mohd, S. 2016. Tapirus indicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T21472A45173636. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T21472A45173636.en. Downloaded on 04 February 2021.

Walb, R., von Fersen, L., Meijer, T., & Hammerschmidt, K. (2021). Individual Differences in the Vocal Communication of Malayan Tapirs (Tapirus indicus) Considering Familiarity and Relatedness. Animals, 11(4), 1026. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11041026

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