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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2002)

New Longevity Record in Tapirs

  • Stefan Seitz
Submitted
1 June 2025
Published
2002-12-01

Abstract

After achieving her 36th birthday on 1 June 2002, Lilith probably became the world’s oldest tapir. The female
Malay tapir (Tapirus indicus) was born in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1966 and was the second offspring of Schlappi and Josephine, two wild caught individuals from Thailand who started the captive breeding era in Europe. She moved to the Wilhelma Zoo in Stuttgart on 17 April 1968. She still lives there in the Hippo and Tapir House.

References

  1. Barongi, R. 1998. Malay Tapir Studbook (Tapirus indicus). Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Orlando, Florida, USA: 37 pp.
  2. Fontaine, P. A. 1962. Longevity of the Malayan tapir. Int. Zoo Yb. 3: 80.
  3. Holtkötter, M. 1998. Kleine Mitteilung. Nachruf auf unseren letzten Bergtapir (Tapirus pinchaque). D. Zool. Garten (N.F.) 68: 63-64.
  4. Smielowski, J. 1979. Births of white American tapirs. Int.Zoo News 26: 10-15.

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