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Tapir Conservation
The Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group
Number 7, October 1997
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All countries where tapirs are known or presumed to exist are listed. The arrangement is generally north to south, beginning with the Americas and continuing to Asia. Countries are listed whether current reports are available or not. Populations (given per country) are rough; much more research is needed. Reports are welcomed by the editors.
Given in the IUCN Red List 1996:
México
Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)
Estimated population: Unknown
Eduardo Naranjo's work moves to México
Having completed his Master's thesis on work done with tapirs in Costa Rica, Eduardo Naranjo began a study on tapirs and other ungulates in the Lacandon forest of Chiapas (Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve), México, in 1997. This study will be the first part of Naranjo's doctoral dissertation. His advisor is Richard Bodmer of the University of Florida.
- Naranjo EJ, and E Cruz. Ecologia del tapir en la Reserva de la Boiosfera la Sepultura, Chiapas. Acta Zoologica Méxicana (in press).
Eduardo J. Naranjo
Associate Researcher
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
Apartado 63
San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Chiapas 29290, México
Tel/Fax (52) 967-81884
enaranjo@master.sclc.ecosur.mx
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Deputy Chair: Sheryl Todd
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