malayan tapir \malayan tapir\ n. zool.
   a large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate tapirus
   indicus of tropical america and southeast asia having a
   heavy body and fleshy snout.

   syn: indian tapir, tapirus indicus.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
tapirus indicus tapirus indicus 

tapir \ta"pir\, n. braz. tapy'ra: cf. f. tapir. zool.
   any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates
   belonging to tapirus, elasmognathus, and allied genera.
   they have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and
   stout legs, a short, thick tail, and short, close hair. they
   have three toes on the hind feet, and four toes on the fore
   feet, but the outermost toe is of little use.
   1913 webster

   note: the best-known species are the indian tapir tapirus
         indicus, native of the east indies and malacca, which
         is black with a broad band of white around the middle,
         and the common american tapir tapirus americanus,
         which, when adult, is dull brown. several others
         species inhabit the andes and central america.
         1913 webster

   tapir tiger zool., the wallah.
      1913 webster
see also:
tapirus elasmognathus tapirus indicus tapirus americanus tapir tiger 

tapirus indicus
     n : a tapir found in malaya and sumatra syn: malayan tapir, indian
         tapir
see also:
malayan tapir indian tapir