Introduction Letter

As Chair of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group for the past eleven years, most people would expect me to be dedicated to tapir preservation. I am. But it goes much deeper than that. My commitment to tapir conservation began sixteen years ago in a chance encounter with this remarkable animal while studying primates deep in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Seeing this large, seemingly prehistoric animal move so gracefully and quietly through the forest, I could only marvel at their adaptive qualities and resourcefulness. Since that day, studying this secretive animal and understanding its role in the environment it inhabits has become my life’s work and passion. In order to advance scientific knowledge and promote the conservation of this widely spread but seriously imperiled large mammal, I have worked alongside the amazing IUCN Tapir Specialist Group members to establish an unprecedented global initiative of tapir research and conservation programs. This is even more shocking knowing that the TSG is made up entirely of volunteers - we are a multi- faceted group of tapir experts, including field biologists, environmental educators, captivity specialists, academicians, researchers, veterinarians, governmental authorities, politicians and other interested parties; all drawn together to help save tapirs. TSG researchers have learned some astonishing things about tapirs over the years but one truth remains constant: all four species are in trouble. Habitat encroachment, fragmentation, hunting and logging are threatening their existence on this planet. It is my hope that this information packet will not only inform readers about tapirs, but that it will inspire them with the same passion I have for the species: inspire them to write about tapirs, to teach about them, to further research them; to find away to help them. It is only through such individual efforts that the four tapir species will find a way to survive into the future on our shared planet.

Patrícia Medici, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group Chair

1 Backgrounder

Tapirs are large browsing mammals, with short prehensile snouts, which are used to grab leaves and used as a snorkel when swimming. The four subspecies of tapir live in the jungles and forest regions of South and Central America and Southeast The Tapir Specialist Group, a unit of the IUCN Species Asia and are all classified as either vulnerable or Survival Commission, strives to conserve biological diversity endangered. The tapir’s closest relatives include horses and rhinoceroses. Tapirs are disappearing by stimulating, developing and executing practical programs from the wild in large part due to hunting to study, save, restore and manage the four species of tapir pressures, habitat destruction and fragmentation, and their remaining habitats in Central and South America and encroachment into protected park areas by subsistence farmers and illegal logging operations. and Southeast Asia. Our strategies:

a.) Frequent review, status determination and publicizing of tapirs and their needs; b.) Promoting and supporting research and distributing materials; c.) Promoting the implementation of conservation and management The Four Living Species of Tapir programs by appropriate organizations and governments; and, (See individual fact sheets in this kit for more information) d.) Establishing strong and effective relationships among tapir conservationists to stimulate communication and cooperation.

The Tapir Specialist Group (TSG) was founded in 1980 as one of the 120 specialist groups of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Baird’s Tapir Mountain Tapir Survival Commission (SSC). The IUCN/SSC-affiliated TSG is a global group of 92 biologists, zoo professionals, researchers and advocates from 25 countries worldwide The Baird’s tapir’s range extends from The critically endangered mountain tapir is southern Mexico through Central America the smallest and furriest of the tapir species, dedicated to conserving tapirs and their habitats through strategic action planning in to the western side of the Andean mountain but the largest mammal in the tropical Andes. countries where tapirs live, information sharing, and through educational outreach that range in Colombia. The Baird’s tapir can Mountain tapirs live in the montane forests and shows the importance of the tapir to local ecosystems and the world at large. grow to five feet and 550 lbs. The major páramos in Colombia, Ecuador and northern conservation threats to this endangered Peru at between two and four thousand species are habitat destruction and meters elevation. The major conservation fragmentation and hunting throughout its threats to this species are warfare and range. There are estimated to be fewer than habitat loss due to poppy farming and growth 5,500 Baird’s tapir remaining in the wild of ranching and agriculture. The current (2006). population of mountain tapir is around 2,500 individuals and numbers are decreasing.

Lowland Tapir The lowland tapir’s range is the rainforest Malayan Tapir and wetlands of South America. The lowland The endangered Malayan tapir is the largest tapir can grow to six feet and 550 lbs and of the four tapir species and lives in a range has a distinctive mane or crest from shoulder that extends from southern Thailand and to forehead that distinguishes this species Myanmar through the Malayan peninsula from other tapirs. The major conservation and on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. threats to this vulnerable species are habitat The major conservation threats for Malayan loss due to deforestation, hunting for meat tapir are habitat destruction and fragmentation and competition with domestic livestock. due primarily to illegal logging and palm oil Although there is not enough information production. There are estimated to be 1,500 available to accurately estimate the lowland to 2,000 individuals remaining in the wild and tapir population, it is known that population numbers are decreasing. numbers are in decline.

2 3 Points of Pride

1980 2004 – Keith Williams appointed as the – Second International Tapir Symposium, founding Chairperson of the Republic of Panama Tapir Specialist Group – Mountain Tapir PHVA Workshop, 1990 Colombia – Sharon Matola took over as 2005 Chairperson of the TSG. – Baird´s Tapir PHVA Workshop, Belize She wrote the first issue of Tapir Conservation 2006 – Third International Tapir Symposium, 1996 Argentina – First Tapir Red List Assessment – ISIS/TSG Physiological Data Reference 1997 Values for Tapir Species published – First Tapir Action Plan published 2007 2001 – Lowland Tapir PHVA Workshop, Brazil – First International Tapir Symposium, – TSG Tapir Field Veterinary Manual Costa Rica published 2003 2008 – Malayan Tapir PHVA Workshop, – Fourth International Tapir Symposium, Malaysia Mexico – TSG Guidelines for Tapir Re-introduction and Translocation published

4 5 Questions Frequently Asked

What are tapirs? How are tapirs doing? Tapirs are large herbivorous mammals, with short prehensile snouts, which are used to Where are they particularly grab leaves and used as a snorkel when endangered? swimming. The four species of tapir live in Where are they doing okay? the jungles and forest regions of South and Tapirs are becoming rare in their occurrence Central America and Southeast Asia and are areas--the forests of Central and South all listed as either vulnerable or endangered. America, and Southeast Asia--mostly due The tapir’s closest relatives include horses to habitat destruction and poaching. The and rhinoceroses. Tapirs are disappearing IUCN Red Book lists the four species of from the wild in large part due to hunting tapirs as either vulnerable or endangered. pressure, habitat destruction and The Mountain tapir, T. pinchaque, is one of fragmentation, and encroachment into the most endangered large mammals in the protected park areas by subsistence world.The Baird’s tapir, T. bairdii, is the largest farmers and illegal logging operations. land mammal in the Neotropics and also endangered. The Malayan tapir, T. indicus, is the only Old World extant species and is Why are tapirs important? also endangered in Sumatra and mainland Tapirs play a critical role in shaping and Malaysia. The lowland tapir, T. terrestris, is maintaining the biological diversity of now either completely absent or its distribution tropical ecosystems. The tapir is one of the is extremely fragmented across much of its first species in its habitat to be adversely historic range, with the northern Amazon and affected by human disturbance because of the remaining Pantanal (Bolivia, Brazil and their size, and because of their sensitivity Paraguay) becoming important strongholds to habitat changes. Local extinction or as southern, eastern and northwestern population decrease may trigger adverse populations decline rapidly. effects in the habitat, causing disruptions of some key ecological processes (e.g. seed dispersal, nutrient recycling), and eventually compromising the long-term integrity and biodiversity of the ecosystem.

6 7 What threats do tapirs face? you make travel arrangements through What do tapirs eat at the zoo? Do tapirs have hooves a reputable local agency or guide who • Hunting pressure from humans on tapirs Tapirs eat a variety of fruits and vegetables, specializes in wildlife-watching tours and like horses? throughout their ranges such as carrots, lettuce, apples and a eco-sensitive travel. Some places where No. Tapirs have three and four-toed feet. zoo kibble diet formulated especially for • Habitat destruction and fragmentation tapir sightings are not uncommon: herbivore ungulates (hoofed mammals). • Encroachment into protected park areas Baird’s tapir: by subsistence farmers and illegal logging Can tapirs run fast? Chan Chich Lodge property, Belize • Tapirs do well where there are few threats Do tapirs come out at night? Yes, they can run very fast for short bursts Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica of speed, and maintain a brisk clip run impeding their normal needs to thrive in Yes, and in the morning; their activity levels large undisturbed tracts of habitat. Certain Lowland tapir: through dense forest. Their running style peak in the hours when temperatures and speed is like that of a small pony. areas of the Brazilian Amazon, Brazilian are cooler, primarily dawn and dusk. This Pantanal, Peruvian Amazon, Honduran Morro do Diabo State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil behavior is referred to as “crepuscular.” Mosquitia and Panamanian Darien forests Tapirs do most of their feeding at night, Southern and Northern Pantanal of Brazil have healthy tapir populations. working their way through a forest eating Does the tapir have any El Rey National Park, Salta, Argentina fruit, leaves and plants. natural predators? Amazon River, Brazil The adult Malayan tapir is prey to tigers How can I help tapirs? and leopards in the Malayan peninsula and Manu National Park, Peru • Write letters to your government officials Are tapirs nice? to tigers only on the island of Sumatra; the Tambopata River and National Preserve, supporting legislature that funds wildlife Yes and no. Tapirs are very large, wild adult lowland tapir and Baird’s tapir are prey Peru conservation in the Neotropics animals. Like any large herbivore (and to jaguars and pumas; the adult mountain • Write your favorite international conservation Malayan tapir: prey species), they are inherently shy and tapir is prey to pumas. organization asking them to make tapir timid. In captive or zoo situations, tapirs are Taman Nagara National Park, Malaysia conservation a funding priority usually friendly and curious. However, they Krau Wildlife Reserve, Malaysia • Tell others about tapirs--spread the word are still large mammals whose behavior What’s involved with about their uniqueness and their status Mountain tapirs: can be unpredictable and they must be studying tapirs in the wild? treated with care. In the wild, however, in the wild Studying tapirs in the wild requires many These tapirs are very difficult to see in the tapirs are most safely observed from a resources and a solid scientific question that • Support tapir research and conservation wild--their low numbers and inaccessible distance. If surprised, attacked, or taunted only studies in the wild can answer. The sort through Tapir Specialist Group habitat make locating them very difficult, they will defend themselves with their very of person attracted to research on tapirs will Conservation Fund: even for our researchers. They are even dangerous teeth. Wild and domestic tapirs need to be intrepid, creative, motivated and http://www.tapirs.org/tsgcf/ rare in zoos, found only in a few, including have maimed and killed humans who attack dedicated. Usually a researcher conducts the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado, or surprise them. • Donate field equipment or gear their research and gathers his or her data to Neotropical researchers through USA. Consider yourself lucky if an animal reveals itself to you while you’re enjoying the while pursuing a masters or Ph.D degree organizations like IdeaWild: or if sponsored by a scientific NGO. http://www.ideawild.org/ beautiful wild setting! How big are tapirs? Actual time in the field--the best part about • Travel to tapir range countries and visit Full grown tapirs are approximately the research--does not make up the bulk of parks where tapirs are known to live; What do tapirs eat in size of small ponies or very large hogs, a researcher’s time. Often fundraising, ecotourism to see specific animals can the wild? 100 to 300 kilos (300 to 700 pounds), coordinating travel and transportation, stimulate a local economy by providing but please see individual tapir pages for hiring and training field assistants, Tapirs eat a variety of seasonal fruits and plants hospitality and guiding jobs more specific species information. analyzing data in the lab or at an academic and their home ranges (2 to 5 kilometers square) • Consider studying tapir-specific subject institution and writing up reports and papers reflect the seasonal food growth patterns of matter at your university; there are many on findings makes up the majority of the forest. When mango or fig trees come into ecological, biological, sociological and a researcher’s time. season, tapirs can often be found underneath Are tapirs soft? historical aspects of tapir information these trees, eating the fruits that fall from them, Despite the soft curves of a tapir’s body, that are not being studied. Ask the Tapir or are dropped by monkeys munching on fruit their hides are very tough. They have Specialist Group for ideas from above. Tapirs also eat a lot of different fruits tough skin to deflect attacks by predators, More questions? of palm trees (especially tapirs living in low lands) and to withstand the thick vegetation and See the contact information included in this and they visit salt licks to complement their diet. challenges of maneuvering through the rain kit for additional questions. Where can I see tapirs in A salt lick is a naturally occurring salt deposit forest. All tapirs except for the mountain tapir the wild? that animals visit periodically to supplement their have very short, course hair. Mountain tapirs develop a much thicker and “woollier” Any large wild animal will be difficult to find diet with minerals such as sodium, calcium, phosphorus and iron. coat of hair due to their high mountain in the wild. However, there are some parks habitat--they live in a much colder climate in the world where tapirs have not been than their more low elevation cousins. threatened by hunting or predation and are less shy than other areas. We recommend 8 9 Baird’s Tapir

Baird’s Tapir Habitat Range (Tapirus bairdii) Maps by Carlos Pedraza, TSG, 2008 Illustration by Stephen Nash, Conservation International

Range: Distributed from Oaxaca Province in Mexico through Central America to the western side of the Andean mountain range in Colombia (the Darien). It occurs in rainforests, lower montane forests, deciduous forests, flooded grasslands and marsh areas.

Characteristics: Up to 2.3 meters thick vegetation in the early morning. However, long (7.5 feet) and 350 kg (770 pounds). it is occasionally seen throughout the day The Baird’s tapir is dark brown or grayish-brown seeking water in which to rest and cool down. and has a distinctive cream-colored marking The species frequently defecates in water as on its face and throat and a dark spot on each well as on land and at specific locations. These cheek, behind and below the eye. The edges sites and the spraying of urine onto vegetation of the ears are white. and trees are thought to be associated with home range marking. There is no evidence of Status: Endangered exclusive territoriality. Males appear to have small home ranges, about 1 sq km (250 acres) Conservation threats: The major and females range much more widely. threats to the species are habitat destruction and fragmentation and hunting throughout its The species eats the twigs range. Feeding habits: and growing tips of a wide range of understory Population Estimate(2006): vegetation, including snapping small saplings Estimates suggest that there are less than with its mouth to get to tall plants. It also takes 5,500 Baird’s tapir remaining in the wild, with a large quantity of fruits and leaves from the populations in Mexico under 1,500, Guatemala forest floor and aquatic vegetation when and under 1,000, Honduras under 500, Nicaragua where available. under 500, Republic of Panama under 1,000, Costa Rica under 1,000, and Colombia Other: The species is vulnerable to predation approximately 250. Populations of Baird’s tapir by jaguars and pumas. It has thick and tough are in a continuing decline. skin, particularly on its hindquarters. Occasional deaths have been recorded through collisions Behavior: with automobiles (particularly in Belize). Mating: Primarily solitary, the species forms occasional associations with others and for Other names: Tapir, danta (Spanish), breeding. mountain cow (Belize), macho del monte Sounds: Communication is by a range (Colombia & Costa Rica). of whistles of different pitch and duration. Activity: Primarily becomes active at dusk Sources: Available at and throughout the night, retiring to shelter of http://www.tapirs.org/tapirs/bairds.html

10 11 Lowland Tapir

Lowland Tapir Habitat Range (Tapirus terrestris) Maps by Carlos Pedraza, TSG, 2008 Illustration by Stephen Nash, Conservation International

Range: The Lowland tapir occurs through a wide geographic range from North-Central Colombia and east of the Andes throughout most of tropical South America. It occurs mostly in tropical lowland rainforest but can also be found in seasonally dry habitats such as the Chaco of Bolivia and Paraguay.

Characteristics: Up to 2.4 meters long Activity: The lowland tapir is primarily solitary (7.9 feet) and 300 kg (660 pounds). Lowland and shy, grazing and foraging at night, and tapirs are blackish-brown dorsally with the ears resting or hiding during the day. The lowland edged in white. They have a well-developed tapir is a strong swimmer, known to cross rivers saggital crest that runs to the middle of the and take to the water to escape predators. back, which is covered by very long black hair. Feeding habits: Lowland tapirs eat a Status: Vulnerable variety of fruits and plants. In fact, more than 170 species of fruits in over 60 different plant families have been identified as eaten by

Conservation threats: lowland tapirs throughout their range. The major threats to the species are habitat loss due to deforestation, hunting for meat, road-kill and competition with domestic livestock. Other: In some locations it has been found that lowland tapirs are considerably less active during the brighter phases of the moon. (2008): Population Estimate Previous studies suggest that a lower level of There is not enough research information animal activity during moonlit nights is a result available to estimate population. We do know of higher predation risk. that due to habitat loss population numbers are in decline, though numerous strongholds exist. The lowland tapir, although generally rare and Other names: Tapir, danta (Spanish), elusive, can be locally common, such as around anta (Brazil), maypouri (Quichua), danta water sources. de tierras bajas o amazónica (Spanish), sachavaca, huagra (Perú); anta (Brasil); Behavior: gran bestia (Colombia, Ecuador). Mating: There is very little information Sources: Available at about the reproduction of lowland tapirs in http://www.tapirs.org/tapirs/lowland.html the wild. Overall, the four species of tapirs have very slow reproductive cycles. Adult females usually produce a single offspring after a lengthy gestation period of 13–14 months (390–410 days).

12 13 Malayan Tapir

Malayan Tapir Habitat Range (Tapirus indicus) Maps by Carlos Pedraza, TSG, 2008 Illustration by Stephen Nash, Conservation International

Range: This species is found from southern Thailand and southern Myanmar (Burma) through the Malayan Peninsular and on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It occurs in rainforests and lower montane forests. It survives well in secondary, regenerating native forests.

Characteristics: Up to 3 meters Activity: The Malayan tapir is more active long (9.8 feet) and 400 kg (880 pounds). throughout the night. Tapirs studied in Taman It is the largest of the four tapir species. Negara in Malaysia were observed to browse The Malayan tapir can be easily identified occasionally during the daytime hours but were by its color pattern. A white saddle starts mostly encountered at rest. Males appear to behind the front legs and extends over the have small home ranges, about 1-2 sq km back to the tail. The contrasting colors form (250-500 acres) and females possibly range a disruptive pattern that blends the animal with more widely. its environment and makes it more difficult for predators to recognize it as potential prey. Feeding habits: Malayan tapirs are selective browsers, concentrating their diet on young Status: Endangered leaves and growing twigs. In addition to foliage, Malayan Tapirs consume considerable amounts of fruit that they pick up from the ground. Habitat Conservation threats: During feeding they sometimes push over small destruction and fragmentation is the primary trees and break smaller sapling stems and threat. Large scale deforestation, including branches in order to get to the leaves and twigs. illegal logging for timber, is a major source of habitat loss. The growth of palm oil plantations is also a major factor in habitat loss. Other: A lot is still unknown about this Hunting is also on the rise as other large “prey” species. It is vulnerable to predation by species in the area are reduced in number. tigers. Its only defense is to run through thick vegetation. It has very thick and tough skin, particularly on its hindquarters. It also has (2008): Population Estimate a vicious bite. 1,500 to 2,000 individuals. Numbers are decreasing. Other names: Malayan tapir, badak Behavior: (Malaysia and Indonesia), som-set (Thailand). Mating: Primarily solitary, the species forms Sources: Available at occasional associations for breeding. http://www.tapirs.org/tapirs/malay.html

Sounds: Communication is by a range of whistles of different pitch and duration.

14 15 Mountain Tapir

Mountain Tapir Habitat Range (Tapirus pinchaque) Maps by Carlos Pedraza, TSG, 2008 Illustration by Stephen Nash, Conservation International

Range: The Mountain tapir is the largest mammal in the tropical Andes. It lives in montane forests and Paramos in Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru, between 2,000 and 4,000 meters (6, 000 to 13,000 feet) elevation.

Characteristics: Up to 2 meters Activity: Mountain tapirs are solitary and long (6.6 feet) and between 150 and 200 kilos their activity is mainly between the first hours of (300 to 440 pounds).The Mountain tapir is the dusk and first hours in sunrise. They are more smallest of the tapir species. Their color is active in low temperatures than on warm days. brownish to black with long hair and a white line Like other tapir species the mountain tapir is around the lips and usually the tips of the ears. comfortable in water and can swim. They also The adults have two characteristic hair-free have a very developed sense of smell and patches in the rump. hearing. They are strong and very well adapted to locomotion in forested hills and to the harsh Status: Endangered weather conditions of the high Andes. The mountain tapir diet The primary Feeding habits: Conservation threats: includes a variety of understory plant species threats to the mountain tapir are warfare and including herbs, grasses, shrubs, fruits and habitat loss due to poppy farming and growth berries, twigs and a predominance of leaves. of ranching and agriculture, driven by human Mountain tapirs are important seed dispersers population growth in the Andean region. and a key component for the maintenance of the Hunting is no longer a major threat due to local structure and composition of montane forests in regulations and increased awareness of this South America. species’ rarity and conservation status.

The mountain tapir has splayed (2008): Other: Population Estimate hooves which allow it considerable versatility for Exact numbers are not known as more locomotion in the high Andes, even on the snow research is needed, but estimated population banks and glaciers. is more than 2,500 individuals. Numbers are decreasing. Other names: Tapir de montaña, danta conga, danta de páramo, danta lanuda. Behavior: Mating: There is virtually no information Sources: Available at about reproduction of mountain tapirs in the http://www.tapirs.org/tapirs/mountain.html wild. Adult females produce a single offspring after a gestation period of 13–14 months (390–410 days).

16 17 Researchers have also detected a number of Brazil and Paraguay) becoming important infectious diseases and parasites in Baird’s strongholds as southern, eastern and tapirs of southern Mexico that originated from northwestern populations decline rapidly. cattle and horses. In addition, several dead The impacts of hunting on populations are adult tapirs have been found in Chimalpas, amplified by the very low ability of tapir to near livestock areas, that are thought to have quickly repopulate impacted areas. Though died from infectious diseases. several strongholds occur - populations have In Belize, continual habitat fragmentation of been severely reduced and fragmented across the Selva Maya is threatening Baird’s tapir the entire Cerrado (Brazil), Atlantic forest populations in northern Central America. This (Brazil) and llanos (Venezuela/Colombia) is particularly the case in the area where the biomes. Chalillo Dam is being built and tapirs are being illegally hunted to feed construction workers. In Panama, major threats include hunting and habitat loss. Threats and Significant Issues Lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris): Across their range the four tapir species Because occasional deaths have been The main threats to the lowland tapir include are threatened to differing extents by hunting recorded through collisions with automobiles loss of habitat through deforestation, hunting pressures; habitat fragmentation and (particularly in Belize) the construction for meat and competition with domestic encroachment into parks and protected of roads, such as the one through the Maya livestock. This species is considered to be areas by people clearing forests for small Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala, are likely vulnerable by the IUCN due to an ongoing In the northeast, tapirs are mostly present only scale farming or those illegally logging. to become a major problem for tapirs in population reduction estimated to be slightly inside protected areas where illegal hunting those areas. greater than 30 percent in the past 33 years. is minimal. Outside protected areas, they are still hunted, chased by dogs, and negatively That said, there do appear to be several The species has been lost over large portions Baird’s tapir (Tapirus bairdii): impacted by competition with cattle and strongholds for populations (e.g. La Amistad), of its former range and severely reduced in Baird’s tapir is listed by the IUCN as illegal timber activities. The species is in rapid however, increasing threats from hunting other large portions. Lowland tapir populations endangered due to an ongoing population decline along the eastern Amazon and its and the lack of enforcement in these areas seem unlikely to persist anywhere that there decline estimated from habitat loss and southern tributaries where extensive hunting will cause continuing declines of those tapirs is more than one person per square kilometer. fragmentation throughout its range and and deforestation have reduced almost remaining. Although only about 15 to 20 percent of the hunting pressure. Habitat fragmentation Amazon has been deforested in the past 30 all large mammal populations. In addition is caused by conversion of forests into cattle years, 90 percent of the Atlantic forests have populations are declining rapidly along the ranching and agricultural lands. Population disappeared and 40 percent of the Pantanal agricultural front spreading into western Brazil declines are estimated to be greater than has been converted to human use. Most of and along the Andean foothills of Ecuador and 50 percent in the past 33 years. In addition, the Cerrado and Caatinga regions have been Colombia. there is evidence to suggest that infectious converted to agriculture and cattle ranching. Although the lowland tapir may be common diseases may contribute to the decline of Even where habitat remains, populations of in some areas of Argentina, it is sensitive to the species in the future as cases are now tapirs are reduced and dispersed due to the deforestation and human activities and the being found in the northern portion of the effects of hunting - which is greatly increased species has already disappeared in many range where cattle are present. The current around increasing human populations of areas. In Bolivia, tapirs are susceptible to overall population estimate for this species the Amazon basin, especially along rivers hunting and habitat degradation. While they is less than 5,000 mature individuals, and in the Andean foothills. The effects of may well be more common than expected with populations in Mexico under 1,500, deforestation, hunting and competition from in protected areas, as was determined in Guatemala under 1,000, Honduras under 500, In Costa Rica, sport hunting is a threat for tapir domestic livestock have all contributed to Costa Rica and elsewhere, they do not fare Nicaragua under 500, Republic of Panama in the Cordillera Talamanca, including within population declines in the past and are well in the presence of hunting. In French under 1,000, Costa Rica under 1000, and La Amistad International Park. A recent survey expected to continue at the present rate Guiana, tapirs are regularly hunted and Colombia approximately 250. Range-wide of tapir in the Cordillera Talamanca, Gonzalez- (if not greater) into the future. Deforestation sold commercially for meat in markets and habitat change is severely impacting and Maya reports high hunting pressure of tapirs is increasing in certain parts of the species’ restaurants. Little information is available for separating populations of Baird’s tapirs, which in mountain ecosystems around 2,500 meters, range, while small-scale hunting and a the population in Guyana, however, tapirs do not generally occupy human dominated or with hunting clubs and hunting dedicated developing wild-meat industry may cause are not protected there at present and are modified habitats and often struggle from the only to this species, such as in La Amistad further declines in the future. The lowland hunted by small-scale hunters as well as by various human-related threats. It is estimated International Park where it was reported as tapir is now either completely absent or its a developing bush-meat industry as roads that around 70 percent of Central America’s one of the most commonly hunted species in distribution is extremely fragmented across are cut into the forest for logging. forests have been lost through deforestation the protected area. much of its historic range, with the Northern and alteration in the last 40 years. Amazon and the remaining Pantanal (Bolivia,

18 19 decreasing due to local regulations and Malayan tapir loss continues in Thailand, forests in protected people’s increased awareness of this species’ (Tapirus indicus): areas remain relatively stable in size and rarity and conservation status. While a few composition to other countries because of a This species is listed as endangered by the mountain tapir populations in Colombia may ban on commercial logging that has been in IUCN due to an ongoing decline estimated benefit because guerrilla presence may place since 1989. For this reason, while tapirs from loss of available habitat, fragmentation deter the normal threats because of the may indeed be threatened in general by forest of remaining habitat and increasingly hunting abandonment of conflict areas, most local loss, populations in Thailand and Malaysia are pressure. Population declines are estimated biologists feel the presence of the guerrilla probably more stable. to be greater than 50 percent in Thailand is having an overall negative impact on and Malaysia, whereas it is suspected to Large-scale habitat destruction has continued the species’ conservation. Additionally, the be slightly less than 50 percent in Sumatra in Sumatra, historically the species’ main guerrillas see the presence of field biologists in the past 36 years. This has been driven stronghold, and most remaining habitat in and researchers in the areas that they control primarily by large scale conversion of Malayan central Sumatra is outside protected areas. Mountain tapir as a threat for their safety. In Sumatra, populations have declined by (Tapirus pinchaque): tapir habitat to palm oil plantations and The major threat to mountain tapirs in other human dominated land-use. The rate slightly less than 50 percent simply because The mountain tapir is listed as endangered by Colombia is human population growth in the of reduction in population is inferred to be the onslaught of habitat only started to be the IUCN due to an ongoing and suspected Andean region. People settling in the region proportional to the reduction of the tropical serious in the late 1980s. However, the rate of future decline inferred from loss of habitat, need land, consumables and services, and rainforest area in Southeast Asia over the decline is continuing to escalate in this region. fragmentation and hunting pressure. their activities lead to habitat destruction. same period – but may be more due to indirect In fact Sumatra has only 60 percent of the Population declines are estimated to be forest cover that it had 15 years ago, so things Additional threats include the development threats. Remaining populations are isolated in greater than 50 percent in the past 33 years. are developing fast there and future declines of hydroelectric dams, highways crossing existing protected areas and forest fragments, There are estimated to be less than 2,500 of the species are likely well over 50 percent protected areas, petroleum exploration which are discontinuous and offer little mature individuals remaining. There has been in the next 30 years. Given the uncontrolled and electrical networks etc. There are ability for genetic exchange for these forest and remains significant hunting pressure on illegal logging situation in Sumatra, they are numerous reports of tapir being hit by cars dependant species. This situation is expected this species. It is extremely rare to encounter becoming increasingly threatened island- so infrastructure development through its to continue at a slightly diminishing rate in an area with mountain tapirs where they are wide. Localized hunting also occurs and is habitat is a potential major threat. There the future as non-protected areas, which are not being over-hunted. There has also been suspected elsewhere in its distribution range. are numerous proposed highways and available as logging concessions, become widespread cattle introduction into the last Unless serious efforts to stem illegal logging other projects in the Andes which would less available. Because hunting seems to be remaining mountain tapir refuges. Cattle and forest encroachment are made, all greatly increase vehicular deaths. Once the increasing throughout the range – this could have been observed forming breeding herds Sumatran forests outside conservation areas construction of these highways is finalized, be cause for concern in the future as isolated in western Sangay National Park, causing subpopulations which are already reduced will be lost over the next few decades. mountain tapirs to abandon certain areas. the vehicles will be able to drive at high would be at great risk for localized extinction. In Malaysia the current forestry trend seems to Visits to other legal refuges of the mountain speed and the animals crossing the roads will be stabilized at approx. 43 percent remaining tapir, i.e., Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve become even more vulnerable. Additionally, forest cover (57 percent lost), of which at in Ecuador, and reports form Sanctuario these roads will provide easier access by least half can be considered tapir habitat. In Ecologico Tabaconas-Namalle in Peru and poachers, given that the park lacks enough Thailand, 40 percent of the remaining forest parks in Colombia, indicate that the same park rangers to patrol and protect the area. is outside protected areas and only 5percent problem with cattle invasion into mountain Widespread cattle introduction into the last of Myanmar’s land area is protected forest. tapir sanctuaries is occurring and negatively remaining mountain tapir refuges is a serious The species has uncertain status and future affecting the mountain tapirs as well as problem which will likely escalate in the near in Myanmar due to security issues and forest increased hunting associated with vaquero future. The cattle come from small ranches clearance for rubber and oil palm plantations. roundups of the mountain tapir. Poachers use near the park and compete with the tapirs for However, two new protected areas have been the tapir skin to manufacture working tools food inside the protected areas. Besides the designated in the Tenasserims: Taninthayi (backpacks, ropes to ride horses, baskets competition for food, there is a serious risk National Park and Lenya River Wildlife etc.) and other things such as carpets and of transmission of diseases carried by the Sanctuary. If these areas can be protected, covers for beds. Poachers also sell tapir skin cattle, as previously documented for Baird’s they will preserve valuable tapir habitat in and feet for medicinal purposes. Additionally, and lowland tapirs in other locations. Another the future. the mountain tapir population is fragmented problem in Colombia is the fumigations being Destruction of habitat is the main threat as a result of human activities, such as a conducted in National Parks and other areas to the species: in central Sumatra much Hunting has been a minor threat to the mining project in northern Peru that threatens where the cultivation of drugs can be found, of the remaining habitat is outside of any Malayan tapir in the past, but is has been to destroy the headwater cloud forests and including Andean forests in the Central and protected area and uncontrolled illegal logging increasingly a cause of concern as more and páramos of the scant population of mountain Oriental Cordilleras. These fumigations are continues; in Thailand, almost all remaining more hunting of the species is discovered. tapirs there. authorized by the Colombian government, intact forest now lies within protected areas, Some localized hunting has been reported in with mostly degraded lands outside; in Sumatra, however, and historically tapirs are Formerly hunting pressure was the primary and are a major threat for the mountain tapir contrast, Myanmar’s protected areas make up not hunted for small-scale or commercial trade threat through most areas of the mountain populations. The habitat is seriously affected 3.2 percent of land area and most tapir habitat in Thailand or Myanmar, since their flesh is tapir’s distribution, but today, poppy growing and the animals can possibly be poisoned lies outside these protected areas. In Malaysia considered distasteful or in some populations and its eradication, warfare and habitat when in contact with the poison used for the fumigations (Round-Up), which is selective forest loss is extremely severe, especially for that it will bring bad luck. fragmentation are currently the main threats expanding oil palm plantations. While forest to this species. In some areas, hunting is but can affect the availability of food. 20 21 Key Tapir Conservationists Biographies

Patrícia Medici Diego Lizcano Biographies Conservationists Tapir Key

Patrícia Medici has been the Chairperson of the M.Sc. in Wildlife Ecology, Diego Lizcano is a member of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Ph.D., University of Kent, UK IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG) for the past Conservation and Management Specialist Group and the current Mountain tapir eleven years, and facilitator of the Brazilian Network project coordinator. Mountain tapir Project Coordinator of the IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Ph.D. in Biodiversity Management Pamplona University, Professor Group (CBSG) for the past seven years. He is the Director of the biology and chemistry Chair, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist department of the Pamplona University, Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas Since 1996, Patrícia has coordinated a long-term Group (TSG) and focuses on endangered species ecology, with Universidad de Pamplona research and conservation program on lowland an emphasis on tapirs. Diego has been working to Coordinator, Lowland Tapir tapirs in the Atlantic Forests of São Paulo State, protect the species against threats including habitat Conservation Initiative Pamplona, Norte de Santander, Brazil. In 2008, she expanded this program to other destruction and poaching. Colombia Brazilian biomes, establishing a nation-wide IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas Diego was born in Colombia and moved to Bogotá Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative. (Institute for Ecological Research), Brazil Phone: +57-310-275-4501 where he decided to study biology. He graduated As a Brazilian conservation biologist, Patrícia’s Facilitator, IUCN/SSC Conservation with a biology degree from Andes University in E-mail: [email protected] / professional interests outside of tapirs include Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) Bogotá, Colombia. As an undergraduate student, [email protected] tropical forest conservation, metapopulation - Brazil Network he become interested in ecology and zoology management, landscape ecology and community- and decided to carry on his undergraduate thesis based conservation. For the past 19 years, Patrícia Rua Licuala, 622, Residencial Damha 1, studying the Mountain tapir in the Central Andes has been working for a Brazilian non-governmental Campo Grande, CEP: 79046-150, of Colombia. Diego then worked as a research organization called IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil assistant in the Vegetal Ecology Laboratory at Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research) Andes University. In 2006, Diego finished his Ph.D. of which she was one of the founding partners. Phone & Fax: +55-67-3341-4897 / studies in the United Kingdom at the Durrell Institute Cell Phone: +55-67-9965-6960 of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of She has a bachelor’s degree in Forestry Sciences Kent, studying the ecological relationship of five from the São Paulo University, a master’s degree E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] large mammal species, including the Mountain tapir, in Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management in the tropical Andes. from the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil, Website(s): www.ipe.org.br; and a Ph.D. degree in Biodiversity Management www.tapirconservation.org.br; from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and www.tapirs.org; www.cbsg.org Ecology (DICE) of the University of Kent in the United Kingdom.

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Viviana Beatriz Quse Kelly J. Russo Biographies Conservationists Tapir Key

Viviana Beatriz Quse became a member of the In 1982, Viviana graduated with a Kelly Russo has been a member of the IUCN/SSC Director of Interactive Marketing, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group in 2004 and is the veterinary degree from the Esperanza Tapir Specialist Group since 2003. Besides being a Web Communications Department Lowland tapir Neotropical Region conservation and Veterinarian Science Faculty, Litoral member of the TSG Steering Committee, she also research coordinator. For the past four years, she National University in Santa Fe, Argentina. chairs the Marketing & Education Committee and is Houston Zoo Inc. has acted as the TSG worldwide Zoo Committee Her main professional interests are focused one of the newsletter distribution editors. 1513 Cambridge, Houston, TX 77030, coordinator. Viviana also lends her expertise to the on clinical and epidemiologic topics as United States TSG Veterinarian and Genetic Committees and acts well as research and conservation of Kelly has worked for the Houston Zoo since 1996 Phone: +1-713-533-6556 / as a consultant on tapir management manuals and terrestrial and marine wildlife. One of the and is currently the Director of Interactive Marketing. Fax: +1-713-533-6762 protocols. She is the South American Lowland tapir first Argentinean professionals interested In this role she manages all online content for the Houston Zoo including the Zoo’s main Web Studbook keeper and is working to develop a rationale in wildlife medicine, she expanded her E-mail: [email protected] for the reproductive and captive management of tapirs. specialization at the Los Angeles Zoo in site, blogs, video production and all social media California and in D.C. at the Washington channels. She is also very active in several Viviana began her professional career at the Cordoba National Zoo. other conservation organizations including the Zoo in Argentina, and worked there for ten years as the International Rhino Foundation and head veterinarian. In 1991, she obtained a fellowship Veterinarian The National Elephant Center. from the Partners of the Americas organization to continue her studies in the United States of America. Lowland tapir Conservation She became a member of a research group focused and Research Coordinator on understanding the genetics, reproduction and Zoo Committee Coordinator infectious diseases of wild cats from Central and TSG-UICN South America. Coordinadora de Especie del In the 90’s, Viviana expanded her professional activity TSG-UICN to marine species research working mainly with birds and mammals. She worked as a vet at Sea World, Esperanza Veterinarian Science Faculty, San Clemente del Tuyú and in the first Sea Animal Litoral National University, Santa Fe, Rehabilitation Center of Argentina. Since 2001, she Argentina has been the senior vet with the Temaiken Foundation and has coordinated three conservation projects, San Luis 1722 – (7600) Mar del Plata, including one focused on the Lowland tapir. Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Manolo José García Vettorazzi Carl Traeholt Biographies Conservationists Tapir Key

Active in several IUCN Specialist Groups, Carl Traeholt Carl was born in Malaysia and moved with Manolo José García Vettorazzi has been the Baird´s Baird’s Tapir Project Coordinator works with the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group as the his family to Denmark when he was four Tapir Coordinator for the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist regional coordinator for Malaysia and editor of the Tapir years old. In 1989, he received his M.Sc. Group and coordinator of the Baird´s Tapir Project in Conservationist Studies Center, Conservation Newsletter. Since 2003, he has been in eco-physiology and behavioral ecology Guatemala since 2008. San Carlos of Guatemala University an employee of Copenhagen Zoo as their Southeast and in 1993, his Ph.D. in behavioral Avenida Reforma 0-63 z.10, Ciudad Asia Conservation Program coordinator, which initiated ecology and population ecology at Currently, Manolo works in the Conservationist Guatemala, GUATEMALA 01010 the Malay Tapir Conservation Project. The project Copenhagen University. From 1989 to Studies Center (CECON) at San Carlos University in Guatemala, where he both coordinates a collaborates with the Department of Wildlife and 1997, he worked as a senior research Phone & Fax: +502-2331-0904 National Parks, Malaysia, and studies the ecology officer for the university with wildlife program focused on strengthening the Guatemalan of the illusive and little-known Malay tapir in order research projects in Malaysia and Protected Areas System using the Baird’s tapir as E-mail: [email protected] to formulate a long-term conservation plan for the Indonesia. a conservation flagship species and is responsible species. Carl continues as the program coordinator for the Conservation Data Center in the Wildlife and aims to expand the activities to include Ph.D. Research Department. His main interest areas are biological conservation intervention in oil palm plantations. conservation, wildlife management, landscape Malayan Tapir Project Coordinator ecology and protected areas. Officially residing in Kuala Lumpur since 1990, Carl has worked primarily in Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Krau Wildlife Reserve, Copenhagen Zoo In 2006, Manolo graduated with a biology degree Peru and Zambia, focused on wildlife research, from San Carlos de Guatemala University, B1-18 Menara Mutiara, Taman TAR, biodiversity conservation and organizational capacity Guatemala (USAC) and in the same year he became 68000 Ampang, Selangor, Malasia building. From 2001 to 2002 he acted as Fauna & a member of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group. As an undergraduate student, Manolo collaborated Flora International’s “primate program coordinator.” Phone & Fax: +60-3-4256-6910 / in research groups that studied tapirs and He maintains his links with Cambodia’s conservation Mobile: +60-19-352-1399 development and is chief academic advisor at the the general landscapes of Guatemala. Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia and E-mail: [email protected] These experiences gave him the opportunity to learn co-editor at the Journal of Cambodian Natural History. a great deal about the species, their threats and conservation challenges. Carl is a co-founder and member of the Society for Conservation Biology’s “Asia Chapter.” In Malaysia, he acts as a visiting scientist at the University of Technology, Centre for Biodiversity Conservation and is member of Malaysian Nature Society’s Conservation Advisory Committee.

26 27 is to take charge of a new phase cameras are to be set up at licks to The animal’s salt lick habit could of the tapir research in Taman record their behavior. be an Achilles’ heel: it makes them Recent Tapir Releases Negara, the largest national park predictable and vulnerable to in Malaysia. This is an extension Mr. Simpson had just begun poaching. Just a single calf — cute, of the Krau research, and a working in Taman Negara when with white stripes — is born after comparison of findings between the the team traveled to Keniam, a field 13 months’ gestation, so flattened two sites should prove fruitful. “If station 90 minutes upstream via tapir populations would rebound sightings are the same in the two motorized canoe from the park slowly. areas we can extrapolate over the

New Research on the tapir could slip silently toward in Malaysia, were outlandishly whole country,” Dr. Traeholt said. extinction. A conservation center optimistic. “This was way off “But if they are different, we will Malaysia’s Odd, was set up within the Sungai reality. Otherwise we would have have to go from area to area to find Whether there is just one Elusive Tapir Dusun Wildlife Reserve, an hour’s a traffic jam of tapirs in Krau,” Dr. the density of the population.” Malay tapir species or different drive from Kuala Lumpur, and Traeholt said. headquarters. The station is run June 2, 2009 subspecies, as is the case for tigers, researchers like Carl Traeholt, a Mr. Simpson said that the in association with the University Anthony King is not known. Genetic analysis Danish-Malaysian biologist, began There were actually just 40 or big difference in the park of Technology, Malaysia and using tissue samples from Thailand, TAMAN NEGARA NATIONAL to gather data on tapir numbers so individuals in Krau, which research “is we’re planning to the Department of Wildlife and Malaysia and Sumatra has just PARK, Malaysia — In the Malaysian and on the animals themselves. would mean about 1,500 to 2,000 reintroduce captive animals National Parks. Taman Negara begun. Dr. Traeholt said he thought and Sumatran rain forests, tapirs in Malaysia, he said. There are from Sungai Dusun.” Before contains some of the oldest rain small fragmented populations in are rarely glimpsed. Dr. Traeholt is the Malayan tapir perhaps 300 in Thailand; an any reintroductions, the team forest in the world and sprawls coordinator for the international unknown, unstudied population will check whether there is an over 1,676 square miles; it is part parts of Thailand could be managed Ponderous, powerful herbivores, Tapir Specialist Group, which in Myanmar; and an unknown but established animal that may “boot of a larger forest complex and has and invigorated by introducing weighing about 650 pounds, tapirs is concerned with all four tapir decreasing number on Sumatra. the newcomer out,” he said. almost all of Asia’s large mammals, animals, but it would be important have faces like anteaters, with a species. For the past five years, A best guess, he said, is 4,000 including sun bears, gaur, tigers, to recognize genetic variations incessantly sniffing mobile snout. he has used cameras with motion individuals in Southeast Asia, a Though not aggressive, tapirs will elephants and tapirs. and identify any subspecies before In dim rain forests, smell and sensors to photograph tapirs as figure similar to the number of wild defend their own patches, and they mixing animals from different hearing are the important senses. they move through the forest at tigers. have large canine teeth, an oddity With its local field officer, Mohamed areas. The animals have black and white night to feed on fruits, leaves and for plant eaters. That they use them Sanusi bin Mohamed, the research Dr. Bengt Holst, scientific director shape-disrupting camouflage and soft twigs. An important early The Malaysian research team is clear from the nicks and scars on group hiked through the forest to of the Copenhagen Zoo, which has make a whistling noise, sounding breakthrough was the realization last year attached a new kind of their ears. They are thought to be check camera traps and to place a history of collaboration with the almost more bird than mammal. that the patterns of wrinkles radio collar to a tapir in Krau. Half more combative during the mating new ones along tapir trails. Dr. Malaysian wildlife authorities, said The Malay tapir, the largest of the on tapirs’ necks can identify the reserve has coverage from a season, probably in April and May, Traeholt, adept at locating tapir researchers planned to develop world’s four tapir species, remained individuals. local telephone tower, and once Dr. Traeholt said, because there prints in the jungle, explained that conservation priorities for the largely invisible to science until within its range the new collar can are more photos of two adult tapirs trails and tracks were important Malay tapir by discovering its recently. The other three species The photographs showed that transmit its data via phone signal together during those months. signs, but tapir dung was almost habitat needs, social structures of these odd, endearing animals all tapirs normally have a small home to the tapir team’s computer. Tapirs never found. They defecate in Mr. Simpson looks forward to and behavior. By transforming live in South America. range, but will travel up to three are patchily distributed in what water, possibly to avoid leaving a miles a night to reach salty mineral seems like homogenous forest. seeing what makes tapirs tick. calling card for predators, will often it into a high-profile research There was just one scientific study deposits, presumably to consume And the scientists want to know “They are funny-looking creatures, stay close to water and can swim. species, he hopes researchers will from the 1970s on the Malay minerals like calcium or iron. One why. The collection of data from really intriguing,” he said. be attracted to Malaysia and the tapir. Then, in 2002, the Malay of the sites studied was the Krau the collar, which occurs every five Though Malay tapirs are listed species described from all angles The physiological need for minerals Tapir Conservation Project was Wildlife Reserve north of Kuala minutes, should help answer their as endangered, Dr. Traeholt is — physiology, behavior, genetics is especially interesting. He plans created, supported largely by Lumpur. “At some of these salt questions. confident their habitat in Malaysia and ecology. Tapir conservation to look at the chemical composition the Copenhagen Zoo, and field licks in Krau, tapirs are the most and Thailand is now stable. He would also put many other lower- of salt licks and try to work out biologists began filling in another common animal on cameras, but Dr. Traeholt was recently joined acknowledged that low numbers profile species under its umbrella of why certain licks are preferred. It blank page in zoology. it’s all the same individuals coming by Boyd Simpson, a behavioral in some locations leave them protection. may be that tapirs consume lots of back,” Dr. Traeholt said. ecologist with experience in vulnerable. Even in Krau, poaching Great swaths of the rain forest in conservation projects in Australia plant toxins and therefore need to could wipe out the viability of the For now, Dr. Traeholt hopes to Malaysia and Sumatra had been The results showed that claims and Asia, who is doing research on ingest kaolin-type clays to absorb entire population by removing just create a conservation plan backed destroyed for palm oil plantations for a population of 800 to 1,000 the Malay tapir for his doctorate. the toxins. Whether they drink 20 to 25 animals. by ecology. And so this unique and through illegal logging, and individuals for an area the size The two biologists met while water, lick rocks or eat mud around animal will avoid becoming either scientists had begun to worry that of Krau, and 15,000 to 20,000 working in Cambodia. Mr. Simpson the licks is unknown, but infrared forgotten or extinct.

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Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo New Tapir Calf Goes on Exhibit Their nose and upper lip are Malayan tapir combined to a long snout which introduced by February, 24, 2010 they use to reach and pull leaves Steph Husman into their mouth. Tapirs have The Malayan tapir is being San Diego Zoo four toes on their front and three managed in captivity by a Omaha, NE - Omaha’s Henry Species Survival Plan (SSP). February 28, 2010 toes on their back. They prefer Doorly Zoo® welcomes a male to live in wooded or grassy areas The birth of the male Malayan It looks like a pig with a trunk, Malayan tapir calf, now on with a water source nearby for tapir is important because the but it is related to horses. Not yet display in the Lied Jungle®. swimming. Their diet at Omaha’s population is small with only a month old, San Diego Zoo’s Zoo consists of grain, apples, 19 males and 22 females in The calf is on display with his newest Malaya tapir is starting to carrots, bananas, lettuce and the breeding program. mother, Knobbie, in the Asian nibble on solid food already, the browse. Tapirs can live for up Rainforest of the Lied Jungle. Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo is zoo said in a caption released to 30 years. They are primarily The calf, named JonHi, was born located at Nebraska’s I-80, with this photograph. but not exclusively nocturnal on December 6, 2009. Exit 454 and is open year-round animals. The tapir has been named Tapir calves are born brown and from 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily.

Tembikai, which means white and have a watermelon Malayan tapirs originate Admission prices for 2010 “watermelon” in Malay, pattern. By six months of age, from Southern Burma, Malay are $11.50 for adults, $7.75 the zoo said. JonHi will look like a miniature Peninsula, Southeast Thailand for children (ages 3 – 11) and adult. Adult tapirs are black and and Sumatra. They are one of $10 for seniors. Household The Malaya tapir is an white in color which acts as four tapir species in existence memberships are available for Endangered species, so this camouflage by breaking up the and are the only Asian species. $78 until April 4, 2010. Additional birth is significant to the species’ tapir’s outline in the forest. Malayan tapirs are listed as information can be found on the population, the zoo said. “It also Endangered with a decreasing website, www.omahazoo.com. was significant because his population trend on the IUCN mother, Chantek, is 25 years old, Red List of Threatened Species. which is older than most tapirs when they give birth. But, Tembikai is doing well. He weighed 13 pounds when born Jan. 29, 2010, and is now 30 pounds,” the zoo added.

30 31 Milwaukee County Zoological Zoo New England / Gardens Franklin Park Zoo Tapir Holdings Worldwide ADDRESS: 10001 West Bluemound Road, ADDRESS: 1 Franklin Park Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53226-4384, USA Boston, MA 02121, USA PHONE: +1-414-771-3040 / PHONE: +1-617-989-2020 / FAX: +1-414-256-5410 FAX: +1-617-989-2025 Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.zoonewengland.com ADDRESS: 8605 Zoo Parkway, WEBSITE: www.milwaukeezoo.org Jacksonville, FL 32218-5769, USA PHONE: +1-904-757-4463 / Central America Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo FAX: +1-904-757-4315 Guadalajara Zoo ADDRESS: 3701 S. 10th Street, WEBSITE: www.jaxzoo.org Omaha, NE 68107, USA ADDRESS: Av. Paseo del Zoologico No. 600, A.P. 1-1494 Guadalajara Jalisco C.P. 44100, PHONE: +1-402-733-8401 / Mexico Lee Richardson Zoo FAX: +1-402-733-4415 PHONE: +52-33-367-44488 / ADDRESS: 312 Finnup Drive, WEBSITE: www.omahazoo.com FAX: +52-33-367-43848 BAIRD’S TAPIR Garden City, KS 67846-0499, USA (Tapirus bairdii) EMAIL: [email protected] / PHONE: +1-620-276-1250 / WEBSITE: www.zooguadalajara.com.mx FAX: +1-620-276-1259 San Diego Zoo EUROPE ADDRESS: P.O. Box 120551, 2920 Zoo Drive EMAIL: [email protected] / San Diego, CA 92112-0551, USA Zoologischer Garten Wuppertal WEBSITE: www.garden-city.org/zoo Zoologico Nacional La Aurora ADDRESS: Hubertusallee 30, Wuppertal PHONE: +1-619-231-1515 / ADDRESS: 7 Avenida, Zona 13, N Rhine-Westph D-42117, Germany FAX: +1-619-231-0249 Guatemala City, Guatemala PHONE: +49-202-27470 / Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical WEBSITE: www.sandiegozoo.org PHONE: +502-472-0885 / FAX: +49-202-741888 Gardens FAX: +502-471-5286 EMAIL: [email protected] / ADDRESS: 5333 Zoo Drive, EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.zoo-wuppertal.de Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA San Francisco Zoological Gardens WEBSITE: www.laurorazoo.centroamerica.com PHONE: +1-323-644-4200 / ADDRESS: 1 Zoo Road, FAX: +1-323-662-9786 San Francisco, CA 94132, USA North America Zoologico Nacional Simon Bolivar WEBBSITE: www.lazoo.org PHONE: +1-415-753-7080; +1-415-753-7119/ ADDRESS: Fundacion Pro Zoologicos , Apdo. Bergen County Zoological Park Fax: +1-415-681-2039 11594-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica ADDRESS: 216 Forest Avenue, EMAIL: [email protected] / PHONE: +506-256-0012 / Paramus, NJ 07652, USA Louisiana Purchase Gardens WEBSITE: www.sfzoo.org FAX: +506-223-1817 PHONE: +1-201-262-3771 / & Zoo EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +1-201-986-1788 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 123, Bernestein Park Sedgwick County Zoo WEBSITE: www.fundazoo.org/zoo.php EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: Drive, Monroe, LA 71210, USA ADDRESS: 5555 Zoo Blvd., www.co.bergen.nj.us/parks/Parks/Zoo.htm PHONE: +1-318-329-2400 / Wichita, Kansas 67212-1698, USA FAX: +1-318-329-2887 Summit Zoo PHONE: +1-316-942-2212 Ext. 237 / ADDRESS: Soberania National Park, EMAIL: [email protected] / Brevard Zoo FAX: +1-316-942-3781 Panama City, Panama WEBSITE: www.monroezoo.org ADDRESS: 8225 N. Wickham Rd., EMAIL: [email protected]; [email protected] / PHONE: +507 232 4850 / 232-4854 Melbourne, FL 32940-7924, USA WEBSITE: www.scz.org PHONE: +1-321-254-9453 / Miami Metrozoo FAX: +1-321-259-5966 Panama ADDRESS: 12400 SW 152 Street, White Oak Conservation Center EMAIL: [email protected] / Miami, FL 33177, USA Belize Zoo WEBSITE: www.brevardzoo.org ADDRESS: White Oak Plantation, PHONE: +1-305-251-0400 / Yulee, Florida 32097-9807, USA ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1787, FAX: +1-305-378-6381 Belize City, Belize PHONE: +1-904-225-3396 / Hattiesburg Zoo EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +1-904-225-3395 PHONE: +501-813-004 / WEBSITE: www.miamimetrozoo.com FAX: +501-813-010 ADDRESS: 107 South 17th Avenue, EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: Hattiesburg, MS 39401-6128, USA www.giconline.org EMAIL: [email protected] / PHONE: +1-601-545-4576 / WEBSITE: www.belizezoo.org FAX: +1-601-545-4653

32 33 Howletts Wild Animal Park Royal Zoological Society Africa ADDRESS: Port Lympne Zoo Park, of Antwerp National Zoological Gardens Kent CT21 4PD, United Kingdom ADDRESS: Zoo of Antwerp, Koningin of South Africa PHONE: +44-1227-721286 / Astridplein 26, B-2018 Antwerp, Belgium ADDRESS: P.O. Box 754 Pretoria 0001, FAX: +44-1303-264944 PHONE: +32-3-202-4540 / Gauteng, South Africa EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +32-3-202-4547 PHONE: +27-12-328-3265 / WEBSITE: www.howletts.net WEBSITE: www.zooantwerpen.be FAX: +27-12-323-4540 EMAIL: [email protected] Marwell Zoological Park Tiergarten Heidelberg ADDRESS: Colden Common, Winchester, ADDRESS: P.O. Box 10 55 49, Heidelberg North America SO21 1JH, United Kingdom Baden-Württem D-16920, Germany Malay Tapir Chaffee Zool Gardens of Fresno (Tapirus indicus) PHONE: +44-0-1962-777-925 / PHONE: +49-6221-645510 / FAX: +44-0-1962-777-511 FAX: +49-6221-645588 ADDRESS: 894 W Belmont Avenue, Fresno, CA 93728-2891, USA Europe EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] / Aalborg Zoo WEBSITE: www.marwell.org.uk WEBSITE: www.zoo-heidelberg.de PHONE: +1-559-498-4692 / FAX: +1-559-264-9226 ADDRESS: Molleparkvej 63, DK-9000 EMAIL: [email protected] / Aalborg, Denmark Mulhouse Zoo Twycross Zoo WEBSITE: www.chaffeezoo.org PHONE: +45-96-312929 / ADDRESS: Parc Zoologique Et Botanique, ADDRESS: Atherstone, Warwickshire CV9 FAX: +45-98-131933 51 Rue Du Jardin Zoologique Mulhouse 3PX, England, United Kingdom EMAIL: [email protected] / 68 100, France Cleveland Metroparks Zoo PHONE: +44-1827-880250 / WEBSITE: www.aalborg-zoo.dk PHONE: +33-389-318511 / FAX: +44-1827-880700 ADDRESS: 3900 Wildlife Way, FAX: +33-389-318526 Cleveland, Ohio 44109, USA EMAIL: [email protected] / Artis Zoo EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.twycrosszoo.com PHONE: +1-216-661-6500 / WEBSITE: www.zoo-mulhouse.com FAX: +1-216-661-3312 ADDRESS: Postbus 20164, 1000 HD Amsterdam, Netherlands WEBSITE: www.clemetzoo.com Wilhelma Zoo PHONE: +31-20-5233-404 / Munchener Tierpark Hellabrunn Denver Zoological Gardens ADDRESS: P.O. Box 501227, Stuttgart FAX: +31-20-5233-419 ADDRESS: Tierparkstrasse 30, Muenchen Baden-Württem D-70342, Germany ADDRESS: 2300 Steele Street, EMAIL: [email protected] / D-81543, Germany Denver, Colorado 80205-4899, USA PHONE: +49-711-5402102 / WEBSITE: www.artis.nl PHONE: +49-89-62-5080 / FAX: +49-711-5402221 PHONE: +1-303-376-4800 / FAX: +49-89-62-50832 FAX: +1-303-376-4801 EMAIL: [email protected] / City of Belfast Zoo WEBSITE: www.zoo-munich.de WEBSITE: www.wilhelma.de EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.denverzoo.org ADDRESS: Antrim Road, Belfast BT 36 7PN, Northern Ireland Port Lympne Wild Animal Park Zoo & Aquarium of Madrid (GRPR) PHONE: +028-9077-6277 / Disney’s Animal Kingdom ADDRESS: Port Lympne, Kent CT21 4PD, ADDRESS: Casa de Campo, FAX: +028-9037-0578 ADDRESS: 1200 North Savannah Circle England, United Kingdom Madrid E-28011, Spain EMAIL: [email protected] / East, P.O. Box 10000, Bay Lake, FL PHONE: +44-1303-264649 / PHONE: +34-91-512-3770 / WEBSITE: www.belfastzoo.co.uk 32830-1000, USA FAX: +44-1303-264944 FAX: +34-91-711-8163 PHONE: +1-407-939-6381 / EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +1-407-939-6391 WEBSITE: www.howletts.net WEBSITE: www.zoomadrid.com Copenhagen Zoo WEBSITE: disneyworld.disney.go.com/ ADDRESS: Sdr. Fasanvej 79, DK-2000 wdw/parks Frederiksberg, Denmark Rotterdam Zoo Zoological Society of London PHONE: +45-72-200-200 / ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 532, 3000AM ADDRESS: Regent’s Park, London, El Paso Zoo FAX: +45-72-200-219 Rotterdam, The Netherlands England NW1 4RY, United Kingdom ADDRESS: 4001 E. Paisano, El Paso, EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.zoo.dk PHONE: +31-10-443-1410 / PHONE: +44-20-7449-6450 / TX 79905-4223, USA Fax: +31-10-443-1424 FAX: +44-20-7722-2852 PHONE: +1-915-521-1850 / EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.zsl.org FAX: +1-915- 521-1857 WEBSITE: www.rotterdamzoo.nl EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.elpasozoo.org 34 35 North America (continued) Milwaukee County Zoological Rolling Hills Zoo Asia Ellen Trout Zoo ADDRESS: 10001 West Bluemound Road, ADDRESS: 625 North Hedville Road, Khao Kheow Open Zoo Milwaukee, WI 53226-4384, USA Salina, KS 67401, USA ADDRESS: 402 Zoo Circle, Lufkin, ADDRESS: P.O. Box 6, Bang Phara, TX 75904, USA PHONE: +1-414-771-3040 / PHONE: +1-785-827-9488 / Siracha, Chonburi 20110, Thailand FAX: +1-414-256-5410 FAX: +1-785-827-3738 PHONE: +1-936-633-0403 / PHONE: +66-38-298-187 / FAX: +1-936-633-0311 EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.rhrwildlife.com FAX: +66-38-298-187 WEBSITE: www.milwaukeezoo.org WEBSITE: ewww.ellentroutzoo.com EMAIL: [email protected] /

San Diego Zoo WEBSITE: www.zoothailand.org Minnesota Zoological Garden Henry Vilas Zoo ADDRESS: P.O. Box 120551, 2920 Zoo Drive ADDRESS: 13000 Zoo Blvd., San Diego, CA 92112-0551, USA Singapore Zoological Gardens ADDRESS: 702 South Randall Avenue, Apple Valley, MN 55124, USA Madison, WI 53715, USA PHONE: +1-619-231-1515 / ADDRESS: 80 Mandai Lake Road, PHONE: +1-952-431-9200 / FAX: +1-619-231-0249 Singapore 729826 PHONE: +1-608-266-4732 / FAX: +1-962-431-9300 FAX: +1-608-266-5923 WEBSITE: www.sandiegozoo.org PHONE: +65-6269-3411 / WEBSITE: www.mnzoo.com WEBSITE: www.zoo.org FAX: +65-6365-2331

Sedgwick County Zoo EMAIL: [email protected] / Mountain View Conservation WEBSITE: www.zoo.com.sg Jackson Zoological Park ADDRESS: 5555 Zoo Blvd., & Breeding Center Wichita, Kansas 67212-1698, USA ADDRESS: 2918 West Capitol Street, ADDRESS: 8011 - 240th Street, Taiping Zoo Jackson, MS 39209, USA PHONE: +1-316-942-2212 Ext. 237 / Langley, B.C., Canada V3A 4P9 FAX: +1-316-942-3781 ADDRESS: MPT. P.O. Box115l, PHONE: +1-601-352-2585 / PHONE: +604-881-1220 / 34008 Taiping PERAK, Malaysia FAX: +1-601-352-2594 EMAIL: [email protected]; [email protected] / FAX: +604-881-1221 WEBSITE: www.scz.org PHONE: +60-5-808-6577 / EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +60-5-806-6025 WEBSITE: www.jacksonzoo.com WEBSITE: www.mtnviewfarms.com Wildlife Conservation Society EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.zootaiping.gov.my Louisville Zoological Garden ADDRESS: 2300 Southern Blvd., Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo Bronx, NY 10460-1099, USA Tama Zoological Park ADDRESS: P.O. Box 37250, ADDRESS: 3701 S. 10th Street, ADDRESS: 7-1-1 Hodokubo, 1100 Trevilian Way (40213), PHONE: +1-718-220-5125 / Omaha, NE 68107, USA Hino-Shi Tokyo 191-0042, Japan Louisville, KY 40233-7250, USA FAX: +1-718-220-3133 PHONE: +1-402-733-8401 / PHONE: +81-42-591-1611 / PHONE: +1-502-451-0440 / EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +1-402-733-4415 FAX: +81-42-593-4351 FAX: +1-502-459-2196 WEBSITE: www.wcs.org/zoos WEBSITE: www.omahazoo.com EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: WEBSITE: www.louisvillezoo.org Wildlife Safari Inc www.kensetsu.metro.tokyo.jp/zoo/tama ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1600, 1790 Safari Road, Winston, OR 97496, USA Lowry Park Zoo Peace River Center for the Conservation of Tropical PHONE: +1-541-679-6761 / Yokohama Zoological Gardens ADDRESS: 7530 North Boulevard, FAX: +1-541-679-9210 (ZOORASIA) Tampa, Florida 33604-4756, USA Ungulates WEBSITE: www.wildlifesafari.org ADDRESS: 1175-1 Kamishirane-cho, ADDRESS: 4300 SW County Road 769, PHONE: +1-813-935-8552 / Asahi-ku Yokohama Kanagawa-ken Arcadia, Florida 34268, USA FAX: +1-813-935-9486 241-0001, Japan PHONE: +1-863-993-4529 / EMAIL: [email protected] / Woodland Park Zoological PHONE: +81-45-951-1297 / FAX: +1-863-993-4547 WEBSITE: www.lowryparkzoo.com Gardens FAX: +81-45-951-0777 EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: ADDRESS: 5500 Phinney Ave. N., EMAIL: [email protected] www.peaceriverrefuge.org Seattle, Washington 98103, USA Miami Metrozoo PHONE: +1-206-684-4880 / ADDRESS: 12400 SW 152 Street, Zoo Melaka Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium FAX: +1-206-233-7278 Miami, FL 33177, USA ADDRESS: Ayer Keroh, Melaka 75450, ADDRESS: 5400 North Pearl Street, WEBSITE: www.zoo.org PHONE: +1-305-251-0400 / Malaysia Tacoma, WA 98407-3218, USA FAX: +1-305-378-6381 PHONE: +60-6-232-4054 / PHONE: +1-253-404-3630 / EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +60-6-232-5859 FAX: +1-253-591-5448 WEBSITE: www.miamimetrozoo.com WEBSITE: www.melaka.net WEBSITE: www.pdza.org

36 37 Asia (continued) Amazon World Curraghs Wildlife Park Zoo Negara Malaysia ADDRESS: Watery Lane, Newchurch, Isle of ADDRESS: Ballaugh Isle of Man IM7 5EA, Wight England, PO36 0LX, United Kingdom United Kingdom ADDRESS: Hulu Kelang, Darul Ehsan Ampang Selangor 68000, Malaysia PHONE: +44-1983-867122 / PHONE: +44-1624-897323 / FAX: +44-1983-868560 FAX: +44-1624-897327 PHONE: +6-3-410-83422 / FAX: +6-3-410-75375 EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.gov.im/wildlife WEBSITE: www.amazonworld.co.uk Dudley Zoological Gardens Australia Blackpool Zoo ADDRESS: Dudley & W Midlands Zoological Society, 2 The Broadway Dudley, West Melbourne Zoo ADDRESS: East Park Drive, Blackpool, Midlands England DY1 4QB, United Kingdom ADDRESS: P.O. Box 74, MOUNTAIN TAPIR Lancashire England FY3 8PP, Parkville VIC 3052, Australia (Tapirus pinchaque) United Kingdom PHONE: +44-1384-215313 / FAX: +44-1384-456048 PHONE: +61-3-9285-9300 / North America PHONE: +44-1253-830801 / FAX: +61-3-9285-9330 FAX: +44-1253-830800 EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.dudleyzoo.org.uk EMAIL: [email protected] / Cheyenne Mountain EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.zoo.org.au Zoological Park WEBSITE: www.blackpoolzoo.org.uk ADDRESS: 4250 Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Edinburgh Zoo-Scottish Colorado Springs, CO 80906, USA National Zoo Royal Zoological Society Bristol Clifton West of England PHONE: +1-719-633-9925 / Zoological Society ADDRESS: 134 Corstorphine of S.A. Inc. FAX: +1-719-633-2254 Road,Edinburgh Scotland EH12 6TS,United ADDRESS: Bristol Zoo Gardens, Clifton ADDRESS: Frome Road, EMAIL: [email protected] / Kingdom Adelaide SA 5000, Australia Bristol England BS8 3HA, United Kingdom WEBSITE: www.cmzoo.org PHONE: +44-131-334 9171 / PHONE: +61-8-8267-3255 / PHONE: +44-117-974-7300 / FAX: +44-131-334 6775 FAX: +61- 8-8239-0637 FAX: +44-117-973-6814 WEBSITE: www.edinburghzoo.org.uk WEBSITE: www.rzssa.org.au EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.bristolzoo.org.uk Espace Zoologique la Boissiere Taronga Zoo du Dore Budapest Zoological & ADDRESS: P.O. Box 20, Bradleys Head ADDRESS: La Chataigneraie,

Road Mosman NSW 2088, Australia Botanical Garden 44430 La Boissiere du Dore, France ADDRESS: Allatkerti krt. 6-12, PHONE: +61-2-9969-2777 / PHONE: +33-240-337032 / Budapest HU-1146, Hungary FAX: +61-2-9969-7515 FAX: +33-240-337515 PHONE: +36-1363-3820 / EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +36-1363-2971 WEBSITE: www.zoo.nsw.gov.au WEBSITE: www.zoo-boissiere.com EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.zoobudapest.com LOWLAND TAPIR Fota Wildlife Park (Tapirus terrestris) ADDRESS: Carrigtwohill, Burger’s Zoo En Safari Europe County Cork, Ireland ADDRESS: Schelmseweg 85, 6816 SH PHONE: +353-21-4812736 / Almaty Zoo Arnhem, Netherlands FAX: +353-21-4812744 ADDRESS: Esenberlin Street, 166 Almaty PHONE: +31-26-445-0373 / EMAIL: [email protected] / 480007, Kazakhstan FAX: +31-26-443-0776 WEBSITE: www.fotawildlife.ie PHONE: +7-3272-913732 / EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +7-3272-913719 WEBSITE: www.burgerszoo.nl

EMAIL: [email protected] / Herberstein Tier-und Naturpark WEBSITE: www.almatyzoo.nursat.kz ADDRESS: Schloss Herberstein OEG, Cotswold Wildlife Park Buchberg 2 A-8222 ADDRESS: Burford, Oxfordshire England St. Johann Herberstein, Austria OX18 4JW, United Kingdom PHONE: +43-3176-8825-0 / PHONE: +44-1993-823006 / FAX: +43-3176-877-520 FAX: +44-1993-823807 EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: WEBSITE: www.cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk www.herberstein.co.at 38 39 Europe (continued) Kristiansand Dyrepark ASA Miejski Ogrod Zoologiczny Parc Zoologique d’Amiens ADDRESS: N-4609 Kardemomme By w Lodzi ADDRESS: 101 Rue du Faubourg de Hem, Howletts Wild Animal Park Ostfold, Norway ADDRESS: ul. Konstantynowska 8/10, 80000 Amiens, France ADDRESS: C/o Port Lympne Zoo Park, PHONE: +47-38-049700 / 94-303 Lodz, Poland PHONE: +33-322-696101 / Lympne Hythe, Kent England CT21 4PD, FAX: +47-38-043367 PHONE: +48-42-632-1383 / FAX: +33-322-696109 United Kingdom WEBSITE: www.dyreparken.com FAX: +48-42-632-9290 EMAIL: [email protected] PHONE: +44-1227-721286 / EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +44-1303-264944 WEBSITE: www.zoo.lodz.pl EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www. Kyiv Zoo Parc Zoologique d’Amnéville howletts.net ADDRESS: PR. Peremohy, 32, ADDRESS: 1, rue du tigre, P.O. Box 133 03055 Kyiv, Ukraine Monde Sauvage Safari SPRL 57360 Amnéville, France ADDRESS: 3, Fange de Deigne, Kaliningrad Zoopark PHONE: +380-442-417-769 / PHONE: +33-3-87-702560 / FAX: +380-442-417-769 B-4920 Aywaille, Belgium FAX: +33-3-87-703848 ADDRESS: Prospekt Mira 26, EMAIL: [email protected] / PHONE: +32-43-609070 / EMAIL: [email protected] / Kaliningrad 236000, Russian Fed WEBSITE: www.zoo.kiev.ua FAX: +32-43-609108 WEBSITE: www.zoo-amneville.com PHONE: +7-112-21-89-14 / EMAIL: [email protected] FAX: +7-112-21-89-24 EMAIL: [email protected] La Palmyre Zoo Parc Zoologique de Lille ADDRESS: P.O. Box 8, 17570 Paradise Wildlife Park ADDRESS: Avenue Mathias Delobel, Les Mathes Royan, France ADDRESS: White Stubbs Lane, Broxbourne, 59800 Lille Nord, France Kharkiv Zoo PHONE: +33-546-224606 / Hertfordshire England EN10 7QA, PHONE: +33-328-520700 / ADDRESS: 35 Sumskaya str, FAX: +33-546-236297 United Kingdom FAX: +33-320-573808 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine EMAIL: [email protected] / PHONE: +44-1992-470490 / EMAIL: [email protected] / PHONE: +380-572-474582 / WEBSITE: www.zoo-palmyre.fr FAX: +44-1992-440525 WEBSITE: www.zoolille.com FAX: +380-572-432704 EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.pwpark.com Le PAL, Parc Animalier Parc Zoologique Doue-la-Fontaine ADDRESS: 03290 Dompierre-sur-Besbre, ADDRESS: Parc Zoologique, Kolmardens Djurpark France Parco Zoo Punta Verde 49700 Doué la Fontaine, France ADDRESS: 618 92 Kolmarden Norrkoping, PHONE: +33-470-426810 / ADDRESS: Via G. Scerbanenco, PHONE: +33-241-592884 / Sweden FAX: +33-470-420152 19/1 33054 Lignano Sabbiadoro Udine, Italy FAX: +33-241-592586 PHONE: +46-11-249066 / EMAIL: [email protected] PHONE: +39-431-428775 / EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +46-11-249040 FAX: +39-431-427051 WEBSITE: www.zoodoue.fr EMAIL: [email protected] EMAIL: [email protected] / Lisbon Zoo WEBSITE: www.parcozoopuntaverde.it Parken Zoo i Eskilstuna AB ADDRESS: Estrada de Benfica, 158 Lisboa Krakow Miejski Ogrod 1549-004, Portugal ADDRESS: S-631 86 Eskilstuna Parc Zoologico de Barcelona Sodermanland, Sweden Zoologiczny PHONE: +351-21-723-2900 / ADDRESS: ul. Kasy Oszczed. M. Krakow FAX: +351-21-723-2901 ADDRESS: Parc de la Ciutadella s/n, PHONE: +46-16-100100 / Barcelona 08003, Spain FAX: +46-16-100114 14, 30-232 Krakow, Poland EMAIL: [email protected] PHONE: +48-12-425-3551 / PHONE: +34-93-225-6780 / EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +48-12-425-2710 FAX: +34-93-221-3853 WEBSITE: www.parkenzoo.se Lisieux CERZA EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.zoo-krakow.pl ADDRESS: Hermival les Vaux, 14100 WEBSITE: www.zoobarcelona.com Miejski Ogrod Zoologiczny Lisieux, France Wybrzeza PHONE: +33-231-621576 / Parc Zoologique Branféré ADDRESS: Municipal Zool. Garden - Krefelder Zoo FAX: +33-231-623340 ADDRESS: Le Guerno, 56190 Muzillac, Sea Coast, ul. Karwienska 3 Gdansk-Oliwa ADDRESS: Uerdingerstrasse 377, Krefeld N EMAIL: [email protected] / France 80-336, Poland Rhine-Westph D-47800, Germany WEBSITE: www.cerza.com Email: [email protected] PHONE: +48-58-552-0041 / PHONE: +49-2151-95520 / FAX: +48-58-552-1751 FAX: +49-2151-955233 EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.zoo.gd.pl WEBSITE: www.zookrefeld.de 40 41 Europe (continued) Ogrod Zoologiczny W. Poznaniu Rostov-on-Don Zoo Tierpark Hagenbeck Miejski Ogrod Zool. we Wroclawiu ADDRESS: ul. Browarna 25, 61-063 ADDRESS: Zoologicheskaya ul. 3, ADDRESS: Tierpark Hagenbeck Poznan, Poland Rostov-na-Donu 344039, Russian Fed Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft mbH, Lokstedter ADDRESS: ul. Wroblewskiego 1, PL-51-688 PHONE: +48-61-8-768209 / PHONE: +7-86-32-325918 / Grenzstrasse 2, 22527 Hamburg, Germany Wroclaw, Poland FAX: +48-61-8-773533 FAX: +7-86-32-325918 PHONE: +49-40-5400010 / PHONE: +48-71-3483024 / EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] FAX: +49-40-54000132 FAX: +48-71-3483768 WEBSITE: http://www.zoo.poznan.pl/ EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.hagenbeck.de WEBSITE: www.zoo.wroclaw.pl Safari de Peaugres Paignton Zoo Environmental Park ADDRESS: Montanet 07340, Peaugres, The Tisch Family Zoological Newquay Zoo ADDRESS: Totnes Road, Paignton, France Gardens ADDRESS: Trenance Park, Newquay, Devon England TQ4 7EU, United Kingdom PHONE: +33-4-75330032 / Cornwall England TR7 2LZ, United Kingdom PHONE: +44-1803-697500 / FAX: +33-4-75337797 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 898, Jerusalem 91008, Israel PHONE: +44-1637-873342 / FAX: +44-1803-523457 EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +44-1637-851318 EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.safari-peaugres.com PHONE: +972-2-642-1655 / FAX: +972-2-675-0140 EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.paigntonzoo.org.uk WEBSITE: www.newquayzoo.co.uk EMAIL: [email protected] / Silesian Zoological Garden WEBSITE: www.jerusalemzoo.org Plock Miejski Ogrod Zoologiczny ADDRESS: Katowicka 2, P.O. Box 385 Nikolaev Zoo ADDRESS: 2 Norbertanska, 40-954 Katowice Charzow, Poland ADDRESS: Leontovich Square, Touroparc 09-402 Plock, Poland PHONE: +48-32-2506587 / 1 Nikolaev 54008, Ukraine ADDRESS: La Maison Blanche, PHONE: +48-24-366-0511 / FAX: +48-32-2506587 71570 Romaneche-Thorins, France PHONE: +380-512-246377 / FAX: +48-24-366-0513 EMAIL: [email protected] FAX: +380-512-556045 PHONE: +33-385-355153 / EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +33-385-355234 EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.zoo.plock.pl WEBSITE: www.zoo.nikolaev.ua South Lakes Wild Animal Park EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.touroparc.fr ADDRESS: Crossgates, Dalton-in-Furness, North of England Zoological Randers Regnskov Cumbria England LA15 8JR, United Kingdom Society, Chester Zoo ADDRESS: Torvebryggen 11, PHONE: +44-1229-466086 / FAX: +44-1229- Tropiquaria Wildlife Park Randers DK-8900, Denmark ADDRESS: Caughall Road, Upton-by- 461310 ADDRESS: Washford Cross, Watchet, Chester England CH2 1LH, United Kingdom PHONE: +45-86406933 / EMAIL: [email protected] / Somerset England TA23 0QB, FAX: +45-87109969 United Kingdom PHONE: +44-1244-380280 / WEBSITE: www.wildanimalpark.co.uk FAX: +44-1244-371273 EMAIL: [email protected] PHONE: +44-1984-640688 / FAX: +44-1984-641105 EMAIL: [email protected] / Southport Zoo WEBSITE: www.chesterzoo.org.uk EMAIL: [email protected] / Riga Zoo ADDRESS: Princes Park, Southport, WEBSIRE: www.tropiquaria.co.uk ADDRESS: Meza prospekts 1, Merseyside England PR8 1RX, United Kingdom Odense Zoologiske Have Riga LV 1014, Latvia Twycross Zoo PHONE: +44-1704-548894 / ADDRESS: Sdr. Boulevard 306, DK-5000 PHONE: +371-7518409 / ADDRESS: Atherstone, Warwickshire FAX: +44-1704-538102 Odense, Denmark FAX: +371-7540011 England CV9 3PX, United Kingdom EMAIL: [email protected] / PHONE: +45-63111325 / WEBSITE: www.rigazoo.lv PHONE: +44-1827-880250 / WEBSITE: www.rittest.f9.co.uk FAX: +45-22231132 FAX: +44-827-880700 EMAIL: [email protected] / Rome Zoo - Bioparco S.p.A. EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.odensezoo.dk Szeged Zoo WEBSITE: www.twycrosszoo.com ADDRESS: Viale del Giardino Zoologico, 20 Rome I-00197, Italy ADDRESS: P.O. Box 724, H-6701 Szeged Ogrod Zoologiczny Opole CSEREPES-SOR, Hungary Wildlife Park at Cricket St. Thomas PHONE: +39-06-360-8211 / ADDRESS: Ul. Spacerowa 10, Opole 45 FAX: +39-06-320-7389 PHONE: +36-62-443592 / ADDRESS: Warner Holidays, Chard, 094, Poland FAX: +36-62-445299 Somerset England TA20 4DB, WEBSITE: www.bioparco.it PHONE: +48-77-454-2858 / EMAIL: [email protected] / United Kingdom FAX: +48-77-456-4264 WEBSITE: www.zoo.hu PHONE: +44-1460-30111 / EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +44-1460-30817 WEBSITE: www.zoo.opole.pl EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.cstwp.co.uk 42 43 Europe (continued) Zoologicka Garden & Chateau Africa Dallas Zoo & Dallas Aquarium Zagreb Zoo Zlin-Lesna Emerald Safari Resort ADDRESS: 650 South R. L. Thornton ADDRESS: Lukovska 112, Zlin-Lesna Freeway, Dallas, TX 75203-3013, USA ADDRESS: Maksimirski perivoj bb, ADDRESS: c/o National Zoological Gardens, CZ-763 14, Czech Republic Zagreb 10000, Croatia P.O. Box 754, Pretoria, Gauteng 0001, PHONE: +1-214-670-6826 / PHONE: +420-577-914-180 / FAX: +1-214-670-7450 PHONE: +385-1-2302-199 / South Africa FAX: +420-577-914-053 FAX: +385-1-2302-198 PHONE: +27-12-328-3265 / EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.dallas-zoo.org EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +27-12-323-4540 WEBSITE: www.zoolesna.cz WEBSITE: www.zoo.hr EMAIL: [email protected] Detroit Zoological Institute Zoologicka Zahrada Ostrava ADDRESS: P.O. Box 39, 8450 W Ten Mile Zoo Aquarium Madrid North America Rd. Royal Oak, MI 48068-0039, USA ADDRESS: Michalkovicka 197, 710 00 ADDRESS: Casa de Campo, Ostrava Severomoravsky, Czech Republic Alexandria Zoological Park PHONE: +1-248-398-0903 / s/n Madrid E-28011, Spain ADDRESS: 3016 Masonic Drive, Alexandria, FAX: +1-248-398-0504 PHONE: +420-596-243-316 / PHONE: +34-91-512-3770 / LA 71301-4240, USA FAX: +420-596-243-316 WEBSITE: www.detroitzoo.org FAX: +34-91-711-8163 PHONE: +1-318-473-1143 / EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +1-318-473-1149 WEBSITE: www.mmo.cz WEBSITE: www.zoomadrid.com Houston Zoo Inc. WEBSITE: www.thealexandriazoo.com ADDRESS: 1513 Cambridge, Houston, TX 77030-1603, USA Zoobotanico de Jerez Zoo Osnabrück Audubon Nature Institute / PHONE: +1-713-533-6500 / ADDRESS: Am Waldzoo 2-3, ADDRESS: C/Taxdirt s/n, Jerez de la Audubon Zoo FAX: +1-713-533-6755 Frontera Cadiz E-11404, Spain 49082 Osnabrück, Germany ADDRESS: 6500 Magazine Street, New EMAIL: [email protected] PHONE: +49-541-95105-19 / PHONE: +34-956-182397 / Orleans, LA 70118, USA WEBISTE: www.houstonzoo.org FAX: +34-956-311586 FAX: +49-541-95105-22 PHONE: +1-866-487-2966 / FAX: +1-504- EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] / 865-7332 Lion Country Safari Inc. WEBSITE: www.zoobotanicojerez.com WEBSITE: www.zoo-osnabrueck.de EMAIL: [email protected] / ADDRESS: 2003 Lion Country Safari Road, WEBSITE: www.auduboninstitute.org Loxahatchee, FL 33470-3976, USA Zoo Duisburg AG Zoological Center Tel PHONE: +1-561-793-1084 / Aviv - Ramat Gan FAX: +1-561-793-9603 ADDRESS: Mülheimerstrasse 273, Duisburg BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo N Rhine-Westph D-47058, Germany ADDRESS: P.O. Box 984, EMAIL: [email protected] / ADDRESS: P.O. Box 60, Greenwood Park - PHONE: +49-203-3055942 / Ramat Gan Tel Aviv 52109, Israel WEBSITE: www.lioncountrysafari.com Hwy 19 Baker, LA 70704-0060, USA FAX: +49-203-3055922 PHONE: +972-3-631-3531 / PHONE: +1-225-775-3877 / EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +972-3-631-4774 FAX: +1-225-775-3931 Niabi Zoo WEBSITE: www.zoo-duisburg.de EMAIL: [email protected] / ADDRESS: 13010 Niabi Zoo Road, Zoo Usti nad Labem WEBSITE: www.brzoo.org Coal Valley IL 61240, USA Zoo Hannover ADDRESS: Drazdanska 23, PHONE: +1-309-799-5108 / ADDRESS: Adenauerallee 3, Usti nad Labem CZ-400 07, Czech Republic FAX: +1-309-799-7888 Hannover D-30175, Germany PHONE: +420-475-503-354 / Brookfield Zoo, Chicago WEBSITE: www.niabizoo.com PHONE: +49-511-28074163 / FAX: +420-475-503-451 Zoological Society FAX: +49-511-28074122 EMAIL: [email protected] / ADDRESS: 3300 Golf Road, Brookfield, IL 60513, USA Peace River Center for the EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: WEBSITE: www.zoousti.cz Conservation of Tropical Ungulates www.zoo-hannover.de PHONE: +1-708-485-0263 / FAX: +1-708-485-3532 ADDRESS: 4300 SW County Road 769, Zoo Zürich Arcadia, Florida 34268, USA EMAIL: [email protected] / Zoological Society ADDRESS: Zürichbergstr. 221, WEBSITE: www.brookfieldzoo.org PHONE: +1-863-993-4529 / of Ireland-Dublin Zürich CH-8044, Switzerland FAX: +1-863-993-4547 ADDRESS: Phoenix Park, Dublin 8, Ireland PHONE: +41-1254-2500 / EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +41-1254-2510 WEBSITE: www.peaceriverrefuge.org PHONE: +353-1-4748900 / FAX: +353-1-6771660 EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.zoos.ch EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.dublinzoo.ie

44 45 North America (continued) Zoological Society of Trinidad Asia Reid Park Zoo & Tobago Singapore Zoological Gardens Royal Zoological Society ADDRESS: Emperor Valley Zoo, Zoo Road, ADDRESS: 1100 S Randolph Way, ADDRESS: 80 Mandai Lake Road, of S.A. Inc. St. Clair Port of Spain, Trinidad Tucson, AZ 85716, USA Singapore 729826 ADDRESS: Frome Road, PHONE: +868-622-3530 / PHONE: +1-520-791-3204 / PHONE: +65-6269-3411 / Adelaide SA 5000, Australia FAX: +868-622-7808 FAX: +1-520-791-5378 FAX: +65-6365-2331 PHONE: +61-8-8267-3255 / EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.tucsonzoo.org EMAIL: [email protected] / FAX: +61-8-8239-0637 WEBSITE: www.trinizoo.com WEBSITE: www.zoo.com.sg WEBSITE: www.adelaidezoo.com.au San Antonio Zoological

Gardens & Aquarium South America Ueno Zoological Gardens Western Plains Zoo ADDRESS: 3903 N. St. Mary’s Street, Fundacion Zoologica de Cali ADDRESS: 9-83 Ueno-kouen, ADDRESS: P.O. Box 831, San Antonio, TX 78212-3199, USA Taito-Ku Tokyo 110-8711, Japan ADDRESS: Carrera 2a. Oeste Calle 14 Obley Road Dubbo NSW 2830, Australia PHONE: +1-210-734-7184 / Esquina - Santa Teresita, Cali, A.A. 4265, PHONE: +81-3-3828-5171 / PHONE: +61-2-6881-1400 / FAX: +1-210-734-7291 Colombia FAX: +81-3-3821-2493 FAX: +61-2-6884-1722 EMAIL: [email protected] / PHONE: +57-2-8927474 Ext. 116 / EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.sazoo-aq.org FAX: +57-2-8927474 Ext. 105 WEBSITE: www.kensetsu.metro.tokyo.jp/ WEBSITE: www.zoofriends.org.au zoo/ueno EMAIL: [email protected] / Silver Springs Park WEBSITE: www.zoologicodecali.com.co ADDRESS: 5656 E Silver Springs Blvd, Yokohama Zoological Gardens South America Silver Springs, FL 34488, USA Fundación Temaiken (ZOORASIA) Barranquilla Zoo PHONE: +1-352-236-2121 / ADDRESS: 1175-1 Kamishirane-cho, ADDRESS: Calle 77 #68-40, ADDRESS: Ruta Prov. 25 Km. 0.700, FAX: +1-352-236-3733 Asahi-ku Yokohama Kanagawa-ken Barranquilla Atlantico, Colombia (1625) Escobar, Argentina EMAIL: [email protected] / 241-0001, Japan PHONE: +57-575-360-0314 / PHONE: +54-3488-436800 / WEBSITE: www.silversprings.com PHONE: +81-45-951-1297 / FAX: +57-575-360-0314 FAX: +54-3488-436840 FAX: +81-45-951-0777 EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.zoobaq.org Wildlife World Zoo WEBSITE: www.temaiken.com.ar ADDRESS: Northern Ave. at State Route 303, Litchfield Park, AZ 85340-9466, USA Parque Zoológico de São Paulo Sri Lanka National PHONE: +1-623-935-9453 / FAX: +1-623- Zoological Gardens 935-7499 ADDRESS: Av. Miguel Stefano 4241, Sao Paulo Sao Paulo 04301- 905, Brazil ADDRESS: Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha, WEBSITE: www.wildlifeworld.com Colombo Dehiwala, Sri Lanka PHONE: +55-11-5073-8020 / FAX: +55-11-5058-0564 PHONE: +94-1-712751 / The ZOO FAX: +94-1-734542 WEBSITE: www.zoologico.sp.gov.br ADDRESS: 5701 Gulf Breeze Pkwy., EMAIL: [email protected] Gulf Breeze, FL 32561, USA PHONE: +1-850-932-2229 / FAX: +1-850- Parque Zoologico Huachipa 932-8575 ADDRESS: Av. Las Torres s/n, Ate Vitarte Australia & New Zealand EMAIL: [email protected] / Huachipa Lima 03, Peru Hamilton Zoo WEBSITE: www.the-zoo.com PHONE: +511-356-3666 Ext. 120 / ADDRESS: c/o Hamilton City Council, FAX: +511-356-3141 Ext. 115 Private Bag 3010 Hamilton, Auckland, Central America EMAIL: [email protected] New Zealand Parque Zoologico Benito Juarez PHONE: +64-7-849-7257 / FAX: +64-7-849-0293 ADDRESS: Calzada Juarez S/N, Zoológico de Sorocaba Colonia Felix Ireta Morelia, ADDRESS: Rua Teodoro Kaisel, 883, EMAIL: [email protected] / Michoacan 58070, Mexico Sorocaba, São Paulo 18021-020, Brazil WEBSITE: www.hamiltonzoo.co.nz

PHONE: +52-43-14-0488 / PHONE: +55-15-227-5454 / FAX: +52-43-14-1949 FAX: +55-15-238-2211 EMAIL: [email protected] / EMAIL: [email protected] / WEBSITE: www.zoomorelia.org WEBSITE: www.aazs.cjb.net 46 47 Media Contact Information Sources & credits

More About Baird’s Tapirs: More About Malayan Tapirs PATRÍCIA MEDICI JEFFREY FLOCKEN IUCN Red List Report on Baird’s Tapir IUCN Red List Report on Baird’s Tapir Chair, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group Tapir Virtual Library Tapir Virtual Library Coordinator, Lowland Tapir Steering Committee Member EDGE Baird’s Tapir Profile EDGE Baird’s Tapir Profile Conservation Initiative International Fund for Animal Welfare- Wikipedia/Bairds_tapir Credits, Baird’s tapirs Wikipedia/Bairds_tapir Credits, Baird’s tapirs IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas D.C. Office Director DSC: Gilia Angell, Belize Zoo; 2005. DSC: Gilia Angell, Belize Zoo; 2005. (Institute for Ecological Research), Brazil International Fund for Animal Welfare Rua Licuala, 622, Residencial Damha 1, 1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Photos provided by: Photos provided by: Campo Grande, CEP: 79046-150,Mato Suite 1220 Washington, DC 20036 Gilia Angell (pg.32) Goncalvesdasil (pg.14,pg.30,pg.34) Grosso do Sul, Brazil USA Charles Foerster (pg.18b) Jeremy Holden (pg.21,pg.29) Phone & Fax: +55-67-3341-4897 / Phone: (202) 536-1904 Bill Konstant (pg.3) Deborah Martyr (pg.21,pg.29) Cell Phone: +55-67-9965-6960 Carl Traeholt (pg.4,pg.28) E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]; : [email protected] More About Lowland Tapirs IUCN Red List Report on Lowland Tapir More About Mountain Tapirs: Tapir Virtual Library IUCN Red List Report on Mountain Tapir Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative Red Danta KELLY RUSSO GILIA ANGELL (Brazil) Official Website EDGE Mountain Tapir Profile Coordinator, Marketing & Education IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (www.tapirconservation.org.br) Wikipedia/Mountain_tapir Committee, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Steering Committee Member Wikipedia/Lowland_tapir Group San Francisco Zoo tapir video Amazon.com-Web/Graphic Designer Lowland tapir photo credits: Houston Zoo Inc. 270 Dorffel Drive East All Centro Fatima images courtesy of Andres -Director of Interactive Marketing Photos provided by: Seattle, WA 98112 Tapia, Tapir Specialist Group. 1513 North MacGregor Drive USA more details can be found here: Diego Lizcano (pg.16,pg.20,pg.38a.pg.50) Houston, Texas 77030 Orley Ochoa (pg.18a) Phone: (206) 266-2613 http://www.tapirs.org/img/photo-service/lowland/ USA index.html E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (713) 533-6556 General photos provided by: E-mail: [email protected] Photos provided by: Diego Lizcano (pg.23) Gilia Angell (pg.10,pg.38b) Patrícia Medici (pg.1,pg.22) Richard Bodmer (pg.6) Viviana Beatriz Quse (pg.24) Jaime Camacho (pg.12,pg.19) Kelly J. Russo (pg.25) Andres Tapia (pg.2,pg.5,pg.7) Carl Traeholt (pg.26) Sources & credits Manolo José García Vettorazzi (pg.27)

Sources available at: http://www.tapirs.org/tapirs/mountain.html http://www.tapirs.org/tapirs/lowland.html Written with help Edited by: Graphic Design by: http://www.tapirs.org/tapirs/malay.html from multiple Emerging Wildlife Conservation Design-generously provided by Leaders participants: Will Setzer, Orlando, Florida. http://www.tapirs.org/tapirs/mountain.html IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group Lara Heidel, [email protected] Members. Wildlife Conservation Society Nathan Herschler. International Fund for Animal Welfare Illustrations by: Illustrations generously provided Dennis Jorgensen, by Stephen Nash, Conservation World Wildlife Fund International Claire Martin, The Walt Disney Company

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