Tapir Pair

Tapir Pair

Photograph courtesy Fauna & Flora International/DICE
A pair of Asian tapirs are caught during a nighttime jaunt in Kerinci Seblat National Park in September 2006.

Listed as endangered by IUCN, the Asian tapir—also known as the Malaya tapir—has declined throughout its Southeast Asian range over the past 30 years. (See a picture of a baby Asian tapir at the San Diego Zoo.)

The species' decline is driven primarily by loss of forest habitat to palm oil plantations and other human land use, according to IUCN.

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Tags: Fauna Asiatic