Occurrence of Baird’s Tapir Outside Protected Areas in Belize

Siân S. Waters; Oscar Ulloa

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Vol. 16 No. 21 (2007)

Occurrence of Baird’s Tapir Outside Protected Areas in Belize

Siân S. Waters^▸^▾
Oscar Ulloa^▸^▾

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Submitted: 3 July 2025
Published: 2007-06-01

Abstract

We conducted a preliminary survey of the presence of the endangered Baird’s tapir outside protected areas in Belize during March to May 2006. We found that Baird’s tapir occurred in every district of Belize and that hunting of the species took place but was not widespread. We make suggestions for further conservation and management of the species outside protected areas.

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Anon. 2005. Xaté in Belize, a Growers Guide. Belize Botanic Gardens, Ya’axche’ Conservation Trust, Belize & the Natural History Museum, London, UK. http://www.belizebotanic.org/xate_manual.pdf. [accessed 25 October 2006].
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Fragoso, J.M.V. 1991. The effect of hunting on Baird’s tapir in Belize. In: J.G. Robinson & K. Redford (eds.) Neotropical Wildlife Use and Conservation, pp. 154-162. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.
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Waters, S.S., Chalukian, S. & Lizcano, D. 2006. Human/Tapir Conflicts Working Group: Preliminary data and further investigations. Tapir Conservation 15/1:8.

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Unprotected areas
Tapirus bairdii
Belize

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Waters, S. S., & Ulloa, O. (2007). Occurrence of Baird’s Tapir Outside Protected Areas in Belize. Tapir Conservation, 16(21), 17-20. http://www.tapirconservation.org/index.php/tc/article/view/99

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[1] Anon. 2005. Xaté in Belize, a Growers Guide. Belize Botanic Gardens, Ya’axche’ Conservation Trust, Belize & the Natural History Museum, London, UK. http://www.belizebotanic.org/xate_manual.pdf. [accessed 25 October 2006].

[2] Castillo, G. 2005. Proceedings of the Chiquibul Stakeholders’ Planning Workshop. 33pp. http://www.econdex.org/search/pdfs/970report_1.pdf

[3] [accessed 25 October 2006].

[4] Fragoso, J.M.V. 1983. The Ecology and Behaviour of Baird’s Tapir in Belize. Unpub. Undergraduate Thesis, Trent University, Ontario, Canada.

[5] Fragoso, J.M.V. 1991. The effect of hunting on Baird’s tapir in Belize. In: J.G. Robinson & K. Redford (eds.) Neotropical Wildlife Use and Conservation, pp. 154-162. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.

[6] IUCN. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. http://www.iucnredlist.org. [accessed 28 July 2006].

[7] Medici, E.P., Carillo, l., Montenegro, O.L., Miller, P.S., Carbonell, F., Chassot, O., Cruz-Aldán, E., García, M., Estrada-Andino, N., Shoemaker, A.H. & Mendoza, A. 2006. Taller de Conservación de la Danta Centroamericana (Tapirus bairdii): Evaluación de Viabilidad Poblacional y del Hábitat (PHVA). CBSG.176pp, http://www.tapirspecialistgroup.org/action-plan/action-index.html [accessed on 13 August 2006].

[8] Naranjo, E.J. & Bodmer, R.E. 2002. Population ecology and conservation of Baird’s tapir (Tapirus bairdii) in the Lacandón Forest, Mexico. Tapir Conservation 11:25-33.

[9] Naughton-Treves, L., Mena, J.L., Treves, A., Alvarez, N., Radeloff, V.C. 2003. Wildlife survival beyond park boundaries: The impact of slash-and-burn agriculture and hunting on mammals in Tambopata, Peru. Conservation Biology 17:1106-1117.

[10] Roberts, S.A. 2000. National Population and Housing Census 2000, Report No.1. http://www.cso.gov.bz/population_housing.html [Accessed on 30 September 2006].

[11] Waters, S. S. & Ulloa, O. Submitted. Results from a preliminary survey on the current distribution of primates in Belize. Neotropical Primates.

[12] Waters, S.S. In prep. Tapirs and tolerance in Belize: A preliminary study of subsistence farmers and crop raiding mammals.

[13] Waters, S.S., Chalukian, S. & Lizcano, D. 2006. Human/Tapir Conflicts Working Group: Preliminary data and further investigations. Tapir Conservation 15/1:8.