Malayan tapir
acrocodia indica latin

The Malayan tapir has rather poor eyesight, but excellent hearing and sense of smell.

This causes the Malayan tapir to have very inadequate vision, both on land and in water, where they spend the majority of their time.

Enables visitors to view a Malayan tapir swimming via a glass window.

Malayan tapirs can live up to 30 years, both in the wild and in captivity.

The society logo is based on a Malayan Tapir.

A small number of melanistic (all-black) Malayan tapirs have been observed.

Malayan tapirs are the largest of the four tapir species at birth and grow more quickly than their congeners.

In April 2007 the Bronx Zoo closed the Malayan tapir exhibit.

Malayan tapirs communicate with high-pitched squeaks and whistles.

Larger mammals include Sumatran serow and Malayan tapir.

Malayan tapirs have very poor eyesight, making them rely greatly on their excellent sense of smell and hearing to go about in their everyday lives.

Wild animals found are clouded leopard, Malayan tapir serow, hawk, pelican, etc.

Malayan tapirs are primarily solitary creatures, marking out large tracts of land as their territory, though these areas usually overlap with those of other individuals.

It also combines Malayan Tapir and Dusky Leaf Monkey together.

The elephants and Malayan tapirs were moved to the Toyota Elephant passage prior to its opening in June 2012.

Other flagship species include the sun bear, clouded leopard, marbled cat, Malayan tapir, and hairy-nosed otter.

In Sumatra, sambar, muntjac, wild boar, and Malayan tapir are the predominant prey.

Other endangered mammals at the zoo include the Asian Wild Dog, Malayan Tapir and tiger.

Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus)

In 2003 a lot of animals, including hippos, Malayan tapirs and a number of swamp birds received a new home in Hippotopia.

Tapirs have brown eyes, often with a bluish cast to them, which has been identified as corneal cloudiness, a condition most commonly found in Malayan tapirs.

The largest of the tapirs is the Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), the only member of the family outside of South America.

The length of the proboscis varies among species; Malayan tapirs have the longest snouts and Brazilian tapirs have the shortest.

Mammals include Sumatran serow, Malayan tapir, Lar gibbon and Malayan sun bear.

Further attractions are Common bottlenose dolphins, Indian rhinoceroses, Malayan tapirs, lowland gorillas, California sea lions and manatis.