BQS - Sem3 - Biodiversity In Malaysia

1. FONG KAH YAN 0322815
SEW YUE LING 0327032
PHON KIT POI 0328435
LEE LIN HUI 0322797
TAPIR

2. Malayan Tapir

3. COMMON NAME:
BINOMIAL NAME:
Malayan Tapirs
Tapirus indicus
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Mammalia
ORDER: Perissodactyla
FAMILY: Tapiridae

4. Malayan Tapir
❖ It is a large, herbivorous
mammal
❖ It has a short, prehensile nose
trunk
❖ Their closest relatives are the
horses, donkeys, zebras

5. ❖ Size: Head & body length = up to 1.8m long
Tail length = 3-5 inches
Shoulder height = up to 3.3ft
❖ Weight: up to 350 kg
❖ Life span: 25-30 years

6. Tapir (Distribution Globally)
- Tapirs is widely distributed in South America,
Central America and Southeastern Asia (Malayan Tapir).

7. Native to Mexico and Central America, its coat is dark red-brown to black as an
adult, with a white chest and chin and white ear fringes.

8. Native to South America from Colombia to Paraguay and Brazil, its coat is dark on
the back and lighter on the underside.

9. Living in the Andes Mountains of northern South America. It is one of the
most endangered mammals in the world.

10. The newest of the tapir species, its "discovery" was announced to the world by
scientists in 2013. The Kabomani tapir is the smallest of the five species. It is
restricted to South America.

11. The only tapir from Asia, it is found in Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It
has a distinctive coat pattern: black in the front and white in the back. This acts
as camouflage by breaking up the body outline in the shade of the forest.

12. Population (Species Richness)
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❖ Malayan Tapirs are becoming endangered since 2008 in their
occurrence areas (Sumatra and mainland of Malaysia)
❖ Wild Population:
- 1,500-2,000 in Malaysia (In 2009)

13. Map of Malayan tapir distribution in the wild, data circa 2003:

14. What leads to Malayan Tapir in
Endangered?
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19. Tapir’s Economic Importance for Humans
Positive
Food Chain
Attract ecotourism interest
Negative
Carry infectious diseases
(Iron storage diseases)
Destroy agricultural
Affect water sources

20. LEAVES TAPIR
JAGUAR

21. Ecology of Tapir
Solitary animals
Food
Leaves and Fruits
Activities
Nocturnal animals
Have poor eyesight
Sense of hearing and smell

22. ● Behaviour
○ Male tapir spray urine on tree as a home range marking.
( about 12 sq km)
● Breeding
○ Reproduce every two years
○ Last reproduction age is 23.5 years

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