Tapir Talk Archives

17 October 1997

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TAPIR TALK   -  17 October 1997   -   Vol. 1, No. 69

Contents of this issue
    1. Andean bears, Andean tapirs
    2. Mixed exhibit at Houston Zoo
    3. Life tables for tapirs?




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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 10:31:42 -0400
From: jauregui 
Reply-To: jauriram@ciens.ula.ve
Organization: ula
To: tapir@tapirback.com
Subject: Tapir Talk Info
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id KAA06446

Dear Friends:

Congratulations!. You have an excellent Home Page about tapirs, one of
my favorite animals. I hve been researching andean bears in Venezuela
since so many time ago. All this time a I have been looking for info
about andean tapir in Sierra Nevada of Mérida, but unfortunately, the
people don´t knows about the wooly tapirs in the highlands. Tapir are
reported from 1000 meters to down. Of course, Tapirus terretris.
However, I believe that mountain tapir should lives in Tamá National
Park (Border between Venezuela an Colombia, near to Sierra del Cocuy
where andean tapirs are reported by the campesinos).

I would like to receive your messages about tapirs in general context.
Specially andean tapir and common tapir (T. terrestris).

Please, join me to Tapir Talk.

My address is:

andigena@forest.ula.ve

Thank you for your attention,

Sincerely,

Denis Alexander Torres
General Coordinador,
Andean Bear Project - PROVITA.

My address is:

andigena@forest.ula.ve

Thanks,

Denis Torres

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Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 00:51:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Beartagsow@aol.com
To: tapir@tapirback.com
Subject: Re: Tapir Talk Digest - 14 October 1997 - Vol. 1, No. 68

Regarding putting tapirs in with other animals.   At the Houston Zoo we
currently have 2.1 Brazilian Tapirs, 2.0 Capybaras, and 1.1 Giant Anteaters
in a large exhibit.  I hope to add 1.1 Brocket Deer in the next 6 months if I
can find any unrelated.  The whole introduction was quite painless. It took a
little while.  But we actually had a previous existing chainlink fence
dividing the exhibit in half and when we felt the animals were comfortable we
took it down.  And then gave each of the 3 groups time to investigate the
exhibit in its new form.  Then we put anteaters and capys together and then
added the male tapirs and then the female.  We separate them for feeding and
lock up the anteaters at night but the rest of the time its one big happy
family.

Anymore questions call me  713-525-3304

Diana Weinhardt
Curator Large Mammals Houston Zoo

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Return-Path: jawilder@princeton.edu
Date: 	Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:06:40 -0400
From: 	Jason Wilder 
Reply-To: jawilder@princeton.edu
Organization: Princeton University
To: 	tapir@tapirback.com
Subject: Tapir Talk: life tables

Dear Tapir Talk,
	As part of a research project aimed at analyzing error estimates in
Population Viability Analysis I am seeking estimates of population
parameters for any of the endangered tapirs.  Specifically, I am seeking
age-specific estimates of mortality and fecundity (along with the sample
sizes used to arrive at each estimate).  Any leads on how to find this
data would be most useful!

Thank You,

Jason Wilder
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Princeton University
 

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