The endangered Malayan tapir was spotted on Sunday morning. A tapir was last sighted in Singapore in July, also at Punggol. If you spot a tapir, you should not approach it as it is most likely lost and stressed, said Acres. https://str.sg/iTBc #Punggol #tapir #StraitsTimes | The Straits Times

Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo welcomed an endangered, Malayan tapir calf, becoming the second tapir birth in the zoo's 120-year history. | USA TODAY

After escaping a conservation center, this tapir needed a lot of help from humans when it got trapped in a pond. | National Geographic

Tapirs haven’t changed in over 20 million years and they’ve got the toes to prove it. Chiquita, our 23-year-old Brazilian Tapir, is part of an ancient lineage known as perissodactyls, odd-toed ungulates that include rhinos and horses. With a flexible, snorkel-like trunk and a diet that helps regrow rainforests, tapirs are vital to their ecosystems. But habitat loss is putting them at risk. Brazilian Tapirs are now listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. In our new video, Keeper Elise shares C