Tapir Specialist Group Logo The IUCN/SSC-affiliated Tapir Specialist Group is a global group of biologists, zoo professionals, researchers and advocates dedicated to conserving tapirs and their habitat through strategic action-planning in countries where tapirs live, information sharing, and through educational outreach that shows the importance of the tapir to local ecosystems and to the world at large.

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  Tapir Specialist Group Committee Structure

Members of the Tapir Specialist Group posess diverse areas of expertise. In order to better execute the goals of our Tapir Action Plan, we've formed the following TSG subcommittees. Please feel free to contact the committee chairs if you are seeking specific information or would like to help in a specific area.

TSG Membership Directory (PDF 60K)
TSG Committee Structure Directory (PDF 32K)

Tapir Specialist Group Chair
Patrícia Medici, Brazil
Deputy-Chair
William Konstant, United States
Species & Country Coordinators
Baird's Tapir Coordinator
Eduardo Naranjo, Mexico

Mountain Tapir Coordinator
Diego Lizcano, Colombia

Tapir Country Coordinators
Individual country coordinators


Lowland Tapir Coordinator
Viviana Quse, Argentina

Malayan Tapir Coordinator
Carl Traeholt, Denmark / Malaysia

Publication & Marketing
IUCN/SSC TSG Tapir Conservation Newsletter Editors
Leonardo Salas, Venezuela/United States
Stefan Seitz, Germany
Kelly Russo, United States
Rick Barongi, United States

Education & Outreach Committee Coordinator
Kelly Russo, United States

Marketing Committee Coordinator & Webmaster
Gilia Angell, United States

Virtual Library Managers
Harald Beck, Germany
Mathias Tobler, United States/Peru

Scientific & Husbandry Committees
Genetics Committee Coordinators
Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Brazil / United States
Cristina Luis, Portugal

Veterinary Committee Coordinators
Javier Adolfo Sarria-Perea, Colombia

Zoo Committee Coordinator
Viviana Quse, Argentina

Evolution Consultant
Matthew Colbert, United States

Ethics Committee

International Coordinating & Fundraising
Fundraising Committee Coordinator
Patrícia Medici, Brazil

Action Planning Committee Coordinator
Patrícia Medici, Brazil

Red Listing
Red List Authority
Alan Shoemaker, United States
Red List Committee
Eduardo Naranjo, Mexico,
Silvia Chalukian, Argentina
Emilio Constantino, Colombia
Viviana Quse, Argentina
Carl Traeholt, Denmark / Malaysia

 Displaced Animal & Tapir/Human Conflict Issues

Task Force Re-Introduction & Translocation
Patrícia Medici, Brazil
Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Brazil/Canada

Task Force Action Plan Implementation
Patrícia Medici, Brazil

Working Group Human/Tapir Conflict
Siân S. Waters, United Kingdom