🐗Malayan tapir
The Malayan tapir, also called Asian tapir, Asiatic tapir, oriental tapir, Indian tapir, piebald tapir, or black-and-white tapir, is the only living tapir species outside of the Americas. It is native to Southeast Asia from the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra. It has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2008, as the population is estimated to comprise fewer than 2,500 mature individuals.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 296 kg
- Body length
- 2.36 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 36 years
Everything we know about the Malayan tapir
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass296 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length2.36 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass258 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan36 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length11 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity3.1 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation1.1 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range9.4 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density2.48 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l296 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Malayan tapir yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPerissodactyla
- ›familyTapiridae
- ›genusAcrocodia
- ›speciesAcrocodia indica
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- familyTapiridae
- genusAcrocodia
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- familyTapiridae
- genusAcrocodia
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