Tapir Malais - Malaysian tapir 3 by Kordouane

Photography • Animals • posted on Nov 24, 2018

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La gestation de la femelle dure environ 400 jours et donne un seul petit, d'un poids d'environ 6,8 kilogrammes. Comme chez tous les tapirs, le petit est recouvert de rayures durant son enfance, sa coloration si particulière apparaît au huitième mois La maturité sexuelle est atteinte à trois ans. La période d'accouplement se déroule durant les mois d'avril, mai et juin. Les femelles ont généralement une portée tous les deux ans. Dans la nature, son espérance de vie est de 30 ans, le double en captivité. The female gestates for about 400 days and produces a single calf, weighing about 6.8 kilograms. As with all tapirs, the little one is covered with stripes during his childhood, his particular colouring appears in the eighth month. Sexual maturity is reached at three years of age. Mating takes place during April, May and June. Females generally have a litter every two years. In nature, its life expectancy is 30 years, twice as long in captivity.