Tapir Specialist Group Document Downloads

April 2011: Artist Elise Smorczewski from the Maine College of Art designed this fantastic poster. You may download the pdf and print it on 11x17 paper. For more information about Elise's thesis project, Strange and Endangered, visit www.strangeandendangered.com

Download Strange and Endangered poster (11x17 pdf)

TSG Membership
TSG Membership (Excel File 61 Kb)
TSG Committee Structure (PDF 82 Kb)

TSG Action Plans
TSG Action Plans Main Page

Lowland Tapir
2007 Lowland Tapir Action Plan (English PDF 4 Mb)
2007 Lowland Tapir Action Plan (Portuguese PDF 2.7 Mb)
2007 Lowland Tapir Action Plan (Spanish PDF 4 Mb)

Bairds Tapir
2005 Bairds Tapir Action Plan (Spanish PDF 2.6 Mb)
2005 Bairds Tapir Action Plan (English PDF 2.6 Mb)

Mountain Tapir
2004 Mountain Tapir Action Plan (Spanish PDF 5 Mb)
2004 Mountain Tapir Action Plan (English PDF 1.9 Mb)

Malayan Tapir
2003 Malayan Tapir Action Plan (English PDF 472 Kb)

First TSG Tapir Action Plan
1997 Tapir Action Plan zip file (568 Kb)

BSG Vortex Modeling Documents
Simulation Modeling Population Viability Analysis (Word)
VORTEX parameters for tapirs (Excel)
VORTEX dataform (Word)

Baseline VORTEX VPJs
Lowland Tapir PHVA (vpj)
Mountain Tapir PHVA (vpj)
Baird's Tapir PHVA (vpj)
Malayan Tapir PHVA (vpj)

TSG Tapir Symposium Reports
Tapir Symposiums main page

2008 Fourth International Tapir Symposium
2008 Report (PDF 712 Kb)
2008 Book of Abstracts (PDF 430 Kb)
TSG Strategic Plan for 2008-1010 (PDF)

2006 Third International Tapir Symposium
2006 3rd International Tapir Symposium Report (PDF 500 Kb)
2006 Book of Abstracts (PDF 407 Kb)
TSG Strategic Plan 2006-2007 (100 Kb)

2004 Second International Tapir Symposium
2004 2nd International Tapir Symposium Report (PDF 1.4 Mb)
2004 Book of Abstracts (PDF 1.06 Mb)
TSG Strategic Plan 2004-2005 (100 Kb)

2001 First International Tapir Syposium
2001 Book of Abstracts (PDF 192 Kb)

Tapir Conservation Newsletter
TSG Tapir Conservation Newsletters 1996-2011

IUCN/SSC Red List 2008
Baird's Tapir
Malayan Tapir
Mountain Tapir
Lowland Tapir

TSG Endorsement
TSG Project Endorsement Requirements (English PDF 16 Kb)
TSG Project Endorsement Requirements (Spanish PDF 16 Kb)
TSG Project Endorsement Requirements (Portuguese PDF 16 Kb)
List of TSG Endorsed Projects (PDF 263 Kb)

TSG Branding Materials
TSG Logo specifications (PDF)
TSG logo zip file (tif, transparent gif & eps)
TSG transparent gif (20K)
TSG tiff (1.5 Mb)
TSG eps file (Illustrator 9, 14 Mb)
TSG letterhead (.dot file; add the file to your C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates directory and load it with File>Project Gallery>My Templates)

TSG Research Manuals
A Field Manual for Studying and Monitoring Mountain Tapirs (Tapirus pinchaque) (Spanish PDF 4Mb)

TSG Project Endorsement
Tapir Projects Page
TSG Endorsed Projects (PDF 339 Kb)
TSG Project Endosement Guidelines (English PDF 16 Kb)
TSG Project Endorsement Guidelines (Spanish PDF 16 Kb)
TSG Project Endorsement Guidelines (Portuguese PDF 16 Kb)

TSG Veterinary Committee
Tapir Field Veterinary Manual (English PDF 354 Kb)
Tapir Field Veterinary Manual (Spanish PDF 349 Kb)
Tapir Field Veterinary Manual (Portuguese PDF 357 Kb) 
ISIS Tapir Normal Values (PDF 330 Kb)

TSG Guidelines for Tapir Re-Introduction and Translocation
English (PDF 432Kb)
Portugese (PDF 450Kb)

TSG Genetics Committee
TSG Genetics Manual
English (PDF 33 Kb)
Spanish (PDF 36 Kb)
Portuguese (PDF 37 Kb)

TSG Sample Type Table
English (PDF 40 Kb)
Portuguese (PDF 40 Kb)

TSG Zoo Committee
Plan Maestro de Coleccion Regional Para El Tapir Centroamericano (PDF 184Kb)
(Master Plan for The Captive Management of Bairds Tapirs in Central American Zoos)

TAG Husbandry standards
English (Word 264K)
Portuguese (Word 188K)
French (Word 108K)
German (196K)

TAG Minimum Husbandry Guidelines
English (Word 60K)
Bahasa/Malaysia (Word 100K)
Indonesian (88K)
Spanish (Word 60K)

Environmental Enrichment Techniques
English (54K)
Indonesian (60K PDF)
Bahasa/Malaysia (64K PDF)
Portuguese (54K PDF)
Spanish (54K PDF)
French (54K PDF)

TSG Education/Marketing Committee

TSG Promotional Brochures
TSG Promotional Brochure-WEB(PDF 2.8 Mb)
TSG Promotional Brochure-PRINT(PDF 8 Mb)

TSG Educational Brochures
TSG Educational Brochure (English PDF 684Kb)
TSG Educational Brochure (Spanish PDF 684Kb)
TSG Educational Brochure (Bahasa PDF 684Kb)
TSG Educational Brochure (Portuguese PDF 1.3Mb)

"Le Tapir" Educational Brochure (French)
Courtesy of Kwata French Guiana/WWF

For kids
Word Search
Crossword Puzzle

Para los Niños (en Español):
Courtesy of Programa de Educación Ambiental del Parque Nacional Tenorio, Costa Rica: DANTELA (Coloring book)

Courtesy of INRENA, Peru:
Un pequeño ante aventurero comicbook--(3 Mb)
La mudaza de Tomas el oso comicbook-- (3 Mb)