Did you know the Malayan tapir is a threatened species? It is thought that there are less than 2,500 individuals left in the wild. They sell their products throughout Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, and Myanmar.
Over the past decades, their population has decreased by half due to habitat loss and hunting. This species was added to the Red List by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s.
That’s why the birth of any Malayan tapir is worth celebrating. And recently, the Chester Zoo has got that luck. An incredibly rare and extremely adorable Malayan tapir was born here.
Rony, the baby animal, weighed around 11,2 pounds. Margery, his mother, gave birth to him after 391 days of pregnancy. His father’s name is Betong.
Rony’s black and white coloring is adorable. You can’t take your eyes off this four-legged beast.
“It’s incredible to hear the pitter-patter of tiny, speckled Malayan tapir feet for the second time in the zoo’s lengthy history.” Margery, the mother, is wonderful with the infant. Sarah Roffe, the zoo’s team manager, said in a statement, “she’s highly attentive but also allows him to explore and find his feet.”
Watch the video of the loving animal below.
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