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Malayan Tapirs in Australia
and New Zealand

Taronga was the first zoo in Australia to both exhibit and breed the Malayan Tapir. The first calf was

  1. Semangka, who is now at Melbourne Zoo.

TARONGA ZOO(1.1.)

MALES
  1. Berani, originally from Toronto Zoo.
Adelaide Zoo
Melbourne Zoo
FEMALES
  1. Denise. Approximately 16 years old and from Philadelphia Zoo in the U.S. She has several calves and Semangka is the first in Australia.

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