We revealed major news last week as the largest continental mammal resurfaced more than 100 years later. The South American tapir hasn't been seen in over 100 years in the Atlantic forest.

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 ...

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 ...

“The spontaneous return of the tapirs is a sign that the forests of ... the last time one of these herbivores — which are the largest terrestrial animal in South America — had last been ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 things such as "eating" a tasty-looking chunk of sweet potato from her ...