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Loss of habitat (habitat fragmentation and loss.)
Risk of predation, without plant cover, animals must
either live closer together, or spend time exposed to
danger. Either way, they’re more susceptible to attacks
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Poaching and the wildlife trade
What to do?
Conducting specialised tapir conservation
programmes at centres like the Sungai Dusun
Wildlife Conservation Centre.
Enact stricter laws to protect wildlife.

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 BIODIVERSITY OF THE MALAYAN TAPIR THE BEARDED
HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION PAPHIOPEDILUM
MALAYSIAN TROPICAL Domain: Eukarya HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION
RAINFOREST kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Chordata
Domain: Eukarya
kingdom: Plantae
class: Mammalia phylum: Angiospermophyta
3 TYPES OF BIODIVERSITY
order: Perissodactyla class: Monocotyledoneae

family: Taipiridae order: Asparagales
genus: Tapirus family: Orchidaceae
species: T.indicus genus: Paphiopedilum
unique characteristic/ adaption of the species: Paphiopedilum insigne
Malayan Tapir unique characteristic/ adaption of the
Unique prehensile nose.Not only can they wggle their Bearded Paphiopedilum
nose,but they can use it to grab leaves when foraging
The orchid flower has the feminine and
Four toes on their front feet and three toes onn their feet,
masculine organ of reproduction fusing in only
Malaysian rainforests support a vast diversity of with which they can run very fast for short bursts of speed
one body called a column or gynostemium.
through the forest.
plant and animal life, including approximately The blooms will often last for one to several
200 mammal species,over 600 species of birds, Importance of the malayan tapir in its months. The foliage is green and strap-like or
distinctively mottled in shades of light and dark
and 15,000 plants. Thirty-five percent of these natural habitat green
plant species are found nowhere else in the Importance of the Bearded
The seeds of the fruits they eat are dispersed, and fine a
world.Malaysian rainforests contain several
different forest types throughout the region.
new location to deposit scat those seed later sprout and paphiopedilum in its natural habitat
grow new trees, helping the forest to regenerate
intensively colored and is the most interesting part of the
Malayan tapirs host a number of ectoparasites
flower from where the scent is exhaled in order to attract
ENDANGERED SPECIES OF MALAYSIAN ,endoparasites, protozoa enteric parasites and more
the agent of pollination.
TROPICAL RAINFORESTS Acts as ecological filters by altering properties of their fluid

microenvironments
Rainforests contain an estimated 80 percent of
the planet's green plant life. However, they only
represent 2 percent of the Earth's surface.
Human cultivation, pollution and wildfires
contribute greatly to the loss of our rainforests.
Due to their rare beauty and orchid smuggling,
many are on the endangered species list.
Malaysian’s virgin rainforest have been
diminished and replaced by rubber and oil palm
plantation. In particular, the survival of many
Malaysian’s wildlife species is threatened. Legal
hunting illicit poaching of wildlife for sport and
commerce. The commercial demands for
animal products also threaten the survival and
existence of many species.