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large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout

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Around half of the world's Malayan tapirs have been lost in the last 40 years, with fewer than 2,500 estimated to remain across Malaysia, Sumatra, Thailand and Myanmar.
In the past 40 years, around half of the world's Malayan tapirs have been lost, with fewer than 2,500 estimated to remain across Malaysia, Sumatra, Thailand and Myanmar.
Although few data on the infection by the parasite in tapirs is available, the modified agglutinating test (MAT) has already been used to identify antibodies in captive and free-living individuals of this species (NAVEDA et al., 2011).
For example, in our data the different estimators included a south portion of the area used by the young tapir, but only the Brownian Bridges estimators succeeded to show how it was reached and with that gave a better insight on the habitat use and behavior of a subadult tapir and the importance of small areas in the home range.
Segun las leyes mexicanas como la NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010 (SEMARNAT 2010), 43 especies de mamiferos mexicanos estan en peligro de extincion incluyendo el tapir centroamericano (Tapirus bairdii).
You can guess what is top of Archie's Christmas list when he turns seven - the minimum age you have to be to get up close and personal with a tapir.
En tapir (Tapirus terrestris), la otra especie cuya leche se estudia en el presente trabajo, no se hallaron datos bibliograficos previos sobre el contenido y la actividad de esta enzima en el lactosuero, como asi tampoco estudios sobre la sensibilidad de la misma a las diferentes temperaturas.
The Baird's variety is the second largest of the world's four tapir species, three of which live in Latin America.
Sy Montgomery's THE TAPIR SCIENTIST: SAVING SOUTH AMERICA'S LARGEST MAMMAL (9780547815480, $18.99) enjoys fine color photos by Nic Bishop as it documents tapir research and natural history.
THE mother of the child mauled by a wild tapir at Dublin Zoo may not have signed a waiver.
MEET Adi the Malayan tapir calf, an adorable character who will play a starring role in the survival of his species.
Zoo team leader Julian Chapman said: "The toddlers in our troop of bonobos had a fantastic time rolling and tumbling in the snow and our new-born tapir was out running around her paddock, while some of our baby chimpanzees were taking snow indoors to play with and investigate.
Before the announcement of the results of the Kabeljou well, investors had responded positively to the prospects of an oil discovery at the well, considered a much better prospect than the Tapir South well, after initial scepticism.