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24 October 1997

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TAPIR TALK   -  24 October 1997   -   Vol. 1, No. 72

Contents of this issue
    1. Field volunteer available
    2. Monkeys and humans
    3. Viewing incidence of adult tapirs with newborns?
    4. Range of tapir species




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Date:         Wed, 22 Oct 1997 16:24:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Jane Buker 
Sender:       "Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" 
              
From:         Jane Buker 
Subject:      looking for volunteer work
To:           ECOLOG-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU

Hello,
    I recently graduated with my BSc. in Biology and am looking for an
opportunity to work (volunteer) on a Conservation/ Wildlife Behaviour
project before pursuing graduate studies. I have some experience doing
field work, including my undergraduate thesis project which involved
tracking the survival, movements and behaviour of salamanders in mountain
streams.
I would prefer to work with mammals or birds, and to work in another
country (outside Canada and the U.S.). I have funding for airfare and
living expenses. If anybody knows of a project, you can contact me at:

wl144@freenet.victoria.bc.ca

Sincerely, Jane Buker.

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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 13:32:22 -0600 (CST)
X-Sender: champion@sol.racsa.co.cr
To: Tapir 
From: Mar-Ket Daze 
Subject: Re: Tapir Talk Digest 

Recently taped a segment for new Paramount tv show, Wild Things. Though they
were interested in our acquiring the jaguars we spoke of here some weeks
back (but since we decided to not go through with that adoption) we instead
highlighted primate coexistence in our small town of Arenal, Costa Rica.

The resident howler populations live in perfect harmony with the
townspeople. Having spent the better part of the past quarter of a cenutry
in close proximity to wild monekys, I was wondering if any of you have ever
seen a situation where the local population of monkeys lives in harmony, and
more or less ignore the human activities in the area.

During the two days of taping we covered the normal howler behaviors along
with showing their indifference with the humans in town. They do there thing
and the people do theirs, it's always been that way here. There are no
incidences of people feeding or in any other way interferring with the
howler's normal behaviors. Consequently, there aren't any negative
interactions from the howlers towards the homo sapiens and their personal
property.

Of special interest to Tapir researchers and fans. Just prior to filming our
segments, the crew had been doing a piece on a Tapir study in Corcovado
National Park in southern Costa Rica and were fortunate enough to film a
mother and her brand new infant. Thankfully, the researcher on duty
terminated any further filming after the initially encountering this
exciting pair.

Anyone know of the incidence of viewing mothers with newborns in the wild?

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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 08:16:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ecotropix@aol.com
To: tapir@tapirback.com
Subject: Re: Tapir Talk Digest - 22 October 1997 - Vol. 1, No. 71

Alan, 
You are correct in your statement that "mountain tapirs also were found in
that country (Venezuela) at some point, although perhaps in the past".  This
is what Downer found based upon multiple surveys and interviews.  All this
information will be in upcoming Action Plan (released soon).
The only firmly documented case of T. bairdii and T. terrestris living
sympatrically is in W. Colombia (see Hershkovitz's monograph), though there
are a few cases involving T. terrestris reaching its max. alt. and T.
pinchaque reaching its min. alt. in the same region.  Though these situations
may not involve temporal sympatry, ecologically they could be considered
sympatric I reckon.  Yes, again you're correct in your assertion that T.
bairdii does not occur W of the Andes.  The report was most likely an error
for T. terrestris and T. pinchaque, or two different age-classes of one
species.
Daniel M. Brooks
Tapir Action Plan Coordinator


In a message dated 97-10-22 13:12:17 EDT, you write:

<< The questions raised about tapir ranges are intriguing.  Because
 spectacled bears have been rather recently reported to live (or formerly
 live) in extreme western portions of Venezuella, it would not surprise me
 that mountain tapirs also were found in that country at some point, although
 perhaps in the past.
      Reported ranges in Venezuella for lowland and Baird's tapirs also are
 intriguing.
 Some years ago while preparing a permit application for Baird's tapir, I
 noted in the literature that both species are found near Lake Maracaibo.
 Since it is not likely that both species are living sympatrically, I felt
 that it was either a historical record for Baird's tapir, perhaps along the
 western reaches of the Lake, or one of mistaken identity.  Traditionally I
 have always felt them to be west of the Andes but maybe not. >>


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