There's a new tapir in town... 👀 We’re so excited to welcome Fifi, a 20-year-old female lowland tapir! 💜 She’s settling beautifully into her brand-new tapir house and has already won over our keepers with her big personality. Experienced, confident, and a proud mum and even a grandma, she brings valuable breeding experience with her. Tapirs have long played an important role in our conservation journey, and Fifi’s arrival marks the next chapter in that story. As our current tapirs prepare to m

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LET'S LEARN MORE ABOUT MALAYAN TAPIR!! The Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus) is the largest of the five species of tapir and the only one native to Asia. In the past, Malayan tapirs could be found throughout tropical lowland rain forests of Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia,Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. However, their population decreased over the years to the state whereby Tapirs are currently classified by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) as an endangered species. Let