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Tapir Projects Around the World
More and more research is being conducted on tapirs, including many
projects by Tapir Specialist Group field researchers.
Read our full
list of TSG endorsed tapir projects (PDF 268K).
Several projects are also supported by the Tapir
Specialist Group Conservation Fund.
What expenses and activities are involved in a tapir research project?
Read our project info & expenses page.
TSG Projects Online
Wild Bairds Tapir, Corcovado National
Park,
Costa Rica, ©Charles Foerster |
Bairds Tapirs (Central America)
Kendra Bauer, Corcovado National Park,
Costa Rica:
The
Baird's Tapir Project of Costa Rica
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Captive but happy Lowland tapir,
Brazil
©Claudio Padua |
Lowland
Tapirs (South America)
Silvia Chalukian, Argentina:
Tapir
Conservation Project of Northwest Argentina
Patricia Medici, Brazil:
Lowland
Tapir Project, Pontal do Paranapanema Region, São Paulo
State, Brazil
Miguel Morales, Paraguay:
The
Ecology of Natural Soil Licks in the Mbaracayu Forest Natural
Reserve
Matthias Tobler, Peru:
Andes
to Amazon Botany Project; Ecology of Lowland Tapirs
Andres Tapia, Ecuador:
Centro Fatima, wild
animal husbandry project
Generar tecnologías sostenibles para los ecosistemas
amazónicos, en base a la conservación y aprovechamiento
de los recursos biológicos de la región.
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Wild Malayan tapirs, ©Carl
Traeholt |
Malayan Tapirs
(Malaysia, Sumatran Indonesia)
Carl Traeholt,
Denmark/Malaysia:
Malayan
Tapir Conservation Project, Krau Wildlife Reserve, Malaysia
Malayan Tapirs (Malaysia,
Sumatran Indonesia)
Wilson Novarino, Indonesia:
Malayan
Tapir Food Selection Study and Census, Taratak Forest Reserve,
Sumatra (PDF)
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Wild Mountain tapir, Colombia,
©Jaime Suarez |
Mountain
Tapirs (Colombia, Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador)
Diego Lizcano, Colombia:
Mountain
Tapir foraging ecology and distribution Carlos
Pedraza, Colombia:
Natural
history, ecology and genetics of Mountain Tapir populations
Javier Adolfo Sarria Perea, Colombia:
Health
status survey of wild populations of the Andean tapir and
the dwarf brocket in the massif of Mamapacha
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