Midori and her baby
at the Los Angeles Zoo
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This is Midori, the female mountain tapir at the Los Angeles Zoo with her baby, a female born August 8, 1997. All three photos on this page were taken in September 1997. You can read more about mom and baby (who was not named at the time of the photos) here. |
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The youngster's father, Emmitt, also lives at the L.A. Zoo. With this birth, the population of captive mountain tapirs in the world was brought up to six, after having dropped to five with the death of Anja, the last mountain tapir in Europe. |
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