Tapirs are elusive, herbivorous mammals with distinctive prehensile snouts that inhabit the forests of Central and South ...

“When the river starts to flood, their prey, such as tapirs and wild pigs, simply leave the floodplain and go to dry land. One would assume that the jaguars would go after them, right?

Preliminary results indicate the presence of 37 individual jaguars, as well as other species such as the South American tapir, peccary (a pig-like ungulate), and ocelot. These data help us assess the ...

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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 ...

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Selangor DVS director Dr Hassuzana Khalil (second from right) said about half of the infected pigs had died from African swine fever. Pigs in nearly half of the farms in Kuala Langat and Sepang ...

I spent the following weeks imagining wild cats coming to the pool to take a drink, tapirs entering the water for a swim, and birds splashing at the water’s edge, taking a bath. Last week, I was ...