Tilly The Tapir

Dedicated to saving and raising awareness for the Mountain Tapir!

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

I love my cloud forest habitat. Your new roads aren't worth the fragmentation of my home! #saveanugly

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

My family has been around since right after the demise of dinosaurs... That's 55 million years! We want to stick around longer. #saveanugly

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

There was a 20% chance that I could've been extinct last year! 😦

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

Hunting my kind is illegal... But people still do it. 😢

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

Roads and highways would make it easier for poachers to find me! 😬

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

I'm a keystone species because I'm a seed disperser!

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

I like to stay up at night, and sleep during the day!

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

I have been listed on the IUCN Red List since 1970!

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

I'm afraid of cougars, jaguars, and humans.

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

Habit fragmentation for roads and dams is taking away my home.

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

My sense of smell and hearing is amazing!

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

Some people think I'm from Africa... I'm not!

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

I communicate through whistles!!

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

I can be found in the Cloud Forests of South America!

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

I prefer being alone...

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

There's only about 2,500 left of my species in the world. :(
I don't want to lose my family.

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

My favorite foods include gourmet leaves, branches, and aquatic vegetation.

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

Coming to you live from the LA Zoo! I am currently asleep and 2 teenage girls are trying to wake me up.

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

I may be 32 inches tall, but I'm 6 feet long!

[Tilly The Tapir @savethetapir4]

I'm named after a beast from Chinese mythology that EATS PEOPLE'S NIGHTMARES!!!