But Ume is a full month old now, and this tiny tapir is already determined to learn how to be a big tapir by doing big tapir ...

Ume, a rare Malayan tapir, just turned one month old at Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. With her giant eyes and ...

Tapirs are elusive, herbivorous mammals with distinctive prehensile snouts that inhabit the forests of Central and South ...

The Malayan tapir is the largest of the four tapir species, according to the Tapir Specialist Group. This species is found in Asia in southern Myanmar and southern Thailand. Tapirs are herbivores ...

Katie G. Cotterill Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium The Malayan tapir is the largest of the four tapir species, according to the Tapir Specialist Group. This species is found in Asia in southern ...