EXCELSIO | News & Information - A way to know! ✅: Rare Malayan tapir cub born in Spanish zoo

It weighs about 10 kilos, it still doesn’t know its sex and it doesn’t have a name either. But there is a small dark-skinned animal and white specks that has had a large team of specialists since her mother became pregnant in early 2024. Nervousness made sense. This is the first calf born in Spain from Malay tapir (Tapirus indexus), a species in danger of extinction. And one of the only 24 that have done so in the last decade all over the world …

On March 29, at 03:20 hours, Bioparc Fuengirola witnessed the birth of the first Malay tapir in Spain. After a gestation of 13 months, the Rawa female gave birth to a baby whose evolution is favorable. This event represents a significant achievement in the international conservation programs of this species, considered in danger of extinction with less than 2,500 specimens in its natural habitat.Continue reading...

The Bioparc Fuengirola celebrates the arrival in the world of a breeding of this species, of which only 25 births in zoos have been documented in the last decade

EXCELSIO | News & Information - A way to know! ✅: Rare Malayan tapir cub born in Spanish zoo

Spain's Bioparc Fuengirola welcomed the birth of an endangered Malayan tapir cub, marking a key achievement in global conservation efforts for this threatened species.

Madrid, (EFEverde)-. The BIOPARC park of Fuengirola (Málaga) has witnessed the birth of the first Malay tapir breeding in Spain, which constitutes an event since the species has only 2500 specimens worldwide. Just a few days ago, Rawa brought to the world the first Malay tapir breeding to Spain, after 13 months of gestation that, from the BIOPARC team, have observed through different ultrasounds, which have allowed the monitoring of pregnancy. T…