Animal directory
Malayan Tapir
Care, environment, breeding and conservation records for Malayan Tapir.
Identity & conservation
- Scientific name
- Tapirus indicus
- Enclosures
- Habitat
- Status
- Endangered
- Status code
- EN
- Regions
- Asia
- Biomes
- Wetlands, Tropical
- Edition
- Base game
- Class group
- Mammals
- Revealed
- 2026-08-18
- Status groups
- Endangered, Threatened
- Tax class
- Mammalia
- Tax family
- Tapiridae
- Tax genus
- Tapirus
- Tax order
- Perissodactyla
- Wild population
- 2,500
- Wild population count
- 2500
Habitat & enclosure
- Barrier grade
- 2
- Barrier height
- 1.25 m
- Climb proof
- No
- Water barrier
- No
- Temp min
- 18 °C
- Temp max
- 33 °C
- Area land min
- 430 m²
- Area land
- 430 m² + 56 m² per extra animal
- Area climbing
- Unknown
- Area deep water
- Unknown
- Area flying
- Unknown
- Area shelter
- 12 m² per animal
- Area water
- 37 m² + 19 m² per extra animal
- Humidity
- Unknown
- Plant cover
- 15-100%
- Salinity
- Unknown
- Terrain
- Grass 20-50%, Sand 0-10%, Soil 30-80%, Rock 0-20%, Waterlogged 0-100%
- Water barrier depth
- Unknown
- Water barrier width
- Unknown
Social life & breeding
- Group size
- 1-2 (up to 1 male, up to 1 female)
- Life expectancy
- 25-36 years
- Bachelor females
- 1
- Bachelor males
- 1
- Breeding difficulty
- Easy
- Gestation
- 13.1 months
- Gestation months
- 13.1 months
- Group name
- Unknown
- Interbirth
- 10.9 months
- Interbirth months
- 10.9 months
- Litter label
- Litter size
- Litter size
- 1
- Mating season
- Summer
- Mating system
- Monogamous
- Maturity age
- 3 years
- Maturity years
- 3 years
- Shoal fish
- No
- Shoal size
- Unknown
- Sterility age
- Death
Other facts
- Diet
- Hay, Herbivore Pellets
- Colony size
- Unknown
- Colour morphs
- Leucistic
- Dominance
- Unknown
- Enrichment
- Mud Bath, Plant Screen, Rubber Chicken, Rubbing Pillar, Small Ball, Small Ice Ball, Sprinkler
- Exhibit types
- Unknown
- Feeders
- Barrel Feeder - Small, Food Trough - Large, Food Trough - Medium, Food Trough - Small, Fruit Spike Tree, Hanging Grazer Feeder, Melon Feeder, Wall Feeder - Large, Wall Feeder - Medium, Wall Feeder - Small
- Nest
- Unknown
- Offspring dispersal
- None
- Size female
- 1.05 m
- Size male
- 0.95 m
- Size max
- 1.05 m
- Size measure
- Shoulder height
- Temperature
- 18 to 33°C
- Thriving group
- Unknown
- Thriving member of
- Unknown
- Thriving with
- Unknown
- Water sources
- Ground Water Fountain - Small, Water Pipe
- Weather dislikes
- Snow
- Weight female
- 405 kg
- Weight female text
- 405 kg
- Weight juvenile
- 34.5 kg
- Weight male
- 345 kg
- Weight male text
- 345 kg
Research levels
| Level | Unlocks | Research gate |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Thriving Requirement 1: Hanging Grazer Feeder, at least 3 | Unknown |
| Level 2 | Thriving Requirement 2: at least 10 objects or plants with the Aquatic tag; Malayan Tapir Fact Sheet | Unknown |
| Level 3 | Release groups and release to the wild | Unknown |
| Level 4 | Thriving Requirement 3: Food Grade 2; Fertility Level 1 (+15% fertility) | Before this level: an Observation Network (Observation Platform) in Sumatra Reserve and this species released in Sumatra Reserve |
| Level 5 | Thriving Requirement 4: at least 50% native plants | Unknown |
| Level 6 | Thriving Requirement 5: Water Surface Area; Fertility Level 2 (+30% fertility) | Unknown |
Observation network present at Sumatra Reserve AND Malayan Tapir released at Sumatra Reserve
Valid release groups
| Group | Type | Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Maternal Family Group | Female group | 1 female |
| Solitary Male | Solitary male | 1 male |
Release requirements
| Requirement type | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Ecosystems Required | Lowland Rainforest |
(established)
Lowland Rainforest
Malayan Tapir2
Barriers at this grade4
Feeders10
Water sources2
Research levels1
Ecosystems2
Related entries121
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- Animals that use it · Food Trough - Medium (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Chain Link (Used by / linked from)
- Asked species · Animal Reintroduction projects (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Wall Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Research levels · Malayan Tapir (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Biomes · Tropical (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Melon Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Mud Bath (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Chain Link (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Food Trough - Medium (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Small Ball (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Melon Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Food Trough - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Listeriosis (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Wall Feeder - Small (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Tularemia (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Fruit Spike Tree (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Small Ice Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · Rope Netting (Requires / provides)
- Ecosystems · Lowland Rainforest (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Wall Feeder - Small (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Avian Influenza (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Water Pipe (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Tropical (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Tropical (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Barrel Feeder - Small (Requires / provides)
- Animals given as rewards · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Mud Bath (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Small Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Plant Screen (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Melon Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Hanging Grazer Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Fruit Spike Tree (Requires / provides)
- Water sources · Water Pipe (Requires / provides)
- Objectives · Trot To Go (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Botulism Toxicosis (Used by / linked from)
- Water sources · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Uses water source · Water Pipe (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Food Trough - Large (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Wall Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Foot And Mouth Disease (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Bordetellosis (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Fruit Spike Tree (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Corrugated (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Sprinkler (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Hanging Grazer Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Release requires ecosystem · Lowland Rainforest · Lowland Rainforest (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Sprinkler (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Barrel Feeder - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Food Trough - Medium (Requires / provides)
- Has research · Malayan Tapir (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Food Trough - Small (Requires / provides)
- Reward species · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Corrugated (Used by / linked from)
- Animals in this biome · Tropical (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Wall Feeder - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Wall Feeder - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Rubber Chicken (Requires / provides)
- Animals in this biome · Wetlands (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Rope Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Ecosystems · Malayan Tapir (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Wetlands (Used by / linked from)
- Zoopedia entry · Malayan Tapir (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Sprinkler (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Chain Link (Used by / linked from)
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- Animals that use it · Small Ice Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Rubber Chicken (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · Corrugated (Requires / provides)
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- Biomes · Wetlands (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · Rope Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Food Trough - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Barrel Feeder - Small (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Rubbing Pillar (Used by / linked from)
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- Barriers at this grade · 1-Way Glass (Requires / provides)
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- Enrichment items · Plant Screen (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Wall Feeder - Medium (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Food Trough - Large (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Barrel Feeder - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Mud Bath (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Melon Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Food Trough - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Sprinkler (Used by / linked from)
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- Feeders · Wall Feeder - Medium (Requires / provides)
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