Malayan tapir

Tapirus indicus · Tapiridae

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.

Where the Malayan tapir lives

Recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand (Asia).

Most records fall in Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Terengganu, Johor and Perak.

See the Malayan tapir’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Endangered (EN). In danger of dying out in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 142 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.