Ume is a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf that was born Feb. 2 at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma. Her name means plum blossom and apricot in Japanese. Since then she has ...
It was caught on tape-ir. After over a century of being considered regionally extinct, the South American tapir was spotted alive and well in Brazil in footage blowing up online. In January ...
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Rare Baby Animal Born at Tacoma Zoo Is So Cute People Can't Take ItMalayan tapirs can grow to be 6-8 feet long and 3-3.5 feet tall, and they are heavy. Point Defiance's newborn tapir only weighs about 20 lbs. right now, but if they grow to be as big as their ...
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After The Largest Continental Mammal Resurfaced More Than 100 Years Later, Another Rare Tapir Is Born In WashingtonThey are also the largest of the tapir species, weighing in at around 350 kg (720 pounds) and growing 1.8 meters long (6 feet). These tapirs are easily recognizable by their coloration ...
With their drooping noses, rotund bodies and vegetarian diets, tapirs are quite a sight. These elusive hoofed mammals are widely considered to be calm and gentle, naturally inclined to run and ...
The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was named Ume, the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma wrote in a Feb. 11 Facebook post. In Japanese, Ume means plum blossom and apricot ...
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