Malayan Tapir Tapirus indicus Asian cipan tenuk river stream mammal bank foraging eating Wildlife nature animal wild Outdoor Hab
Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called the Asian Tapir, is the largest of the four species of tapir and the only one native to Asia. The scientific name refers to the East Indies, the species' natural habitat. In the Malay language, the tapir is commonly referred to as "cipan" or "tenuk." The animal is easily identified by its markings, most notably the light-colored “saddle” which extends from its shoulders to its rump. The rest of its hair is black, except for the tips of its ears which, as with other tapirs, are rimmed with white. This pattern is for camouflage: the disrupted coloration makes it more difficult to recognize it as a tapir, and other animals may mistake it for a large rock rather than a form of prey when it is lying down to sleep. Malayan Tapirs grow to between 6 and 8 feet ( to m) in length, stand 3 to feet (90 to 107 cm) tall, and typically weigh between 550 and 700 pounds (250 to 320 kg), although they can weigh up to 1,100 pounds (500 kg). The females are usually larger than the males. Like the other types of tapir, they have small stubby tails and long, flexible proboscises. They have four toes on each front foot and three toes on each back foot. The Malayan Tapir has rather poor eyesight but excellent hearing and sense of smell. The tapir has bone structure similar to all other mammals, they have the essentials of the mammalian skeleton; a skull, a spinal chord made of vertebrae that hold the ribcage, which incases major organs, four limbs, and a tail. They have a spinal column composed of small bones with aligned holes in the centre that form a protected tube that houses and protects their spinal cord. The spinal chord is divided into five regions, the cervical vertebrae, the horacic vertebrae, the lumbar vertebrae, the sacral vertebrae, and the claudal vertebrae. The cervical vertebrae support the neck, and the first vertebrate is called the atlas.
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