Planet Zoo 2 Malayan Tapir — habitat, biome, size & which animals it can live with

Malayan Tapir is one of the 130 Planet Zoo 2 launch species. It is housed in a Habitat habitat, accepts the Rainforest / Wetlands biome, carries a Grade 2 · 1.25m barrier requirement and is listed at 0.95 m (shoulder). It shares a biome and an enclosure type with 24 other species, but the official species data rules out every one of those pairings, so it needs a habitat of its own.

Malayan Tapir

Every figure on this page comes from the official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export rather than trailer footage: biome, enclosure type, barrier grade, size and the compatibility verdicts are all taken from the game's own data.

Size (M)0.95 m

Weight (M)345 kg

BarrierGrade 2

EnclosureHabitat

BiomesRainforest / Wetlands

StatusEndangered

Where it lives in the wild
Asia

Malayan Tapir at a glance

Source: official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export (130 species). Also on the searchable animal list.

Enclosure and barrier requirements

Malayan Tapir needs a Habitat enclosure and accepts the Rainforest / Wetlands biomes. The barrier requirement is Grade 2 · 1.25m, and that is the number to check before building: a Grade 4 animal behind a Grade 1 wall is the most common way a first zoo stalls.

Which animals can live with the Malayan Tapir?

Malayan Tapir shares a biome and an enclosure type with 24 other species, but every one of those pairings is ruled out by the official data, because one side of each pair is officially solitary.

Same biome, but not compatible

24 of the species that accept the Rainforest / Wetlands biome cannot share an enclosure with the Malayan Tapir, because one side of the pair is officially solitary. These are the pairings people ask about most, so they are spelled out rather than left as an unexplained gap.

Species	Biome	Enclosure	Why not
African Leopard	RainforestSavannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
African Savannah Elephant	DesertSavannahWetlands	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Asian Elephant	RainforestSavannahWetlands	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Cape Buffalo	SavannahWetlands	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Common Hippopotamus	Lakes & RiversSavannahWetlands	Habitat	Common Hippopotamus is solitary “Hippos interact with each other, but do not form close groups or bonds. Mature males are semi-solitary and territorial, presiding over a str…”
Galápagos Giant Tortoise	Rainforest	Habitat	Galápagos Giant Tortoise is solitary “Giant Galápagos tortoises are solitary but do tolerate each other. Saddleback males are particularly aggressive towards each other during the mating season.”
Gharial	Lakes & RiversRainforestWetlands	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Golden Lion Tamarin Deluxe	Rainforest	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo	Rainforest	Habitat	Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo is solitary “Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroos are largely solitary, except for a mother and her joey, and when brief pair bonds form between males and females during breeding.”
Grey Wolf	DesertRainforestSavannahTaigaTemperateTundra	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Grizzly Bear	TaigaTemperateTundraWetlands	Habitat	Grizzly Bear is solitary “Grizzly bears are solitary, the only exception being a mother with her cubs. They only interact with each other to mate or fight over mates.”
Komodo Dragon	MangroveRainforestWetlands	Habitat	Komodo Dragon is solitary “Komodo dragons are solitary creatures, but they will group together to feed and mate. When in groups, the largest male is dominant; he will…”
Nile Monitor	SavannahWetlands	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
North Sulawesi Babirusa	Rainforest	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Ring-Tailed Lemur	Rainforest	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Saltwater Crocodile	EstuarineMangroveRainforest	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Siamang	Rainforest	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Sumatran Orangutan	Rainforest	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Sumatran Tiger	RainforestWetlands	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Sun Bear	RainforestWetlands	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Sunda Pangolin	Rainforest	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Western Chimpanzee	Rainforest	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Western Lowland Gorilla	RainforestWetlands	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Wild Boar	RainforestSavannahTemperateWetlands	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”

Close, but ruled out by enclosure type

29 species share at least one biome with the Malayan Tapir but use a different enclosure type — a land habitat against an aquarium or a flying aviary — so they cannot be mixed however well the biomes line up.

Amazonian Giant Centipede, American Bullfrog, Boa Constrictor, Common Bluetongue, Danube Crested Newt, Diamondback Terrapin, Eurasian Bittern, Fire Salamander, Giant Forest Scorpion, Giant Malaysian Leaf Insect, Giant Tiger Land Snail, Golden Poison Frog, Goliath Beetle, Great Hornbill, Greater Flamingo, Javan Green Magpie, Lehmann's Poison Frog, Long-Eared Owl, Long-Tailed Parakeet, Menelaus Blue Morpho, Mexican Redknee, Monarch, Red-Eyed Tree Frog, Shoebill, Sri Lankan Rose, Toco Toucan, West Indian Manatee, White-Tailed Sea-Eagle, Yellow Anaconda

Behaviour, size and weight

Malayan Tapir is classed as Solitary in Frontier's Social & Reproduction notes: “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.” On size the game lists 0.95 m (shoulder) for the male and 1.05 m for the female. Size and weight together decide the minimum habitat footprint, so use the female figure when you are sizing a breeding pair rather than a display animal.

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