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Vol. 11 Núm. 1 (2002)

Malayan Tapirs (Tapirus indicus): Far from Extinction in a Malaysian Rainforest

Enviado
21 abril 2025
Publicado
2002-06-01

Resumen

Since independence in 1957, large areas of productive lowland forests in Malaysia have been converted into oil palm and rubber plantations through government agricultural development schemes. In addition to this habitat loss and fragmentation, increased demands for wild meat and high-priced body parts of some wild animals brought population declines of many large mammals, including elephant (Elephas maximus), sambar deer (Cervus unicolor), seladang or gaur (Bos frontalis), tapir (Tapirus indicus), Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), and tiger (Panthera tigris). The Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) and banteng (Bos javanicus) are now believed to be extinct in Peninsular Malaysia. All of the above species are totally protected in Malaysia.

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