Definition of Malayan tapir
: a tapir (Tapirus indicus) that is blackish with a broad white area on the middle part of the body and is found in southern Myanmar and Thailand, Malaysia, and Sumatra
- A young Malayan tapir, considered one of Southeast Asia's most endangered species, has arrived on long-term loan to the Minnesota Zoo …
- —Paul Walsh, Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 29 Dec. 2010
