VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

TAPIRS

• These animals fall in the family tapiridae. The tapirs resemble the short –tailed donkey in case of general form and size. The nose and upper lip are extended to form a short but highly mobile trunk.
• These animals are represented by four species in a single genus, as quoted below:
  • Brazilian tapirs (Tapirus terestrus)
  • Mountain or woolly tapirs (Tapirus pinchaque)
  • Saddleback or Malayan tapirs (Tapirus indicus) : Restricted to south east Asia.
  • Baird’s tapirs (Tapirus bairdii)