Malaisie – Habitation malaise avec un Maiba apprivoisé. Malayen – Malaysiche Wohnung mit einem gezähmtem Maiba. [Malayan House with Tamed Tapir]

Description

steel engraving view from ‘L’Univers. Histoire et Description de Tous Les Peuples.: Océanie [History and Description of the Peoples of the World] Cinquième Partie du Monde. [Fifth Chapter of the World]‘, vol. 1, pl. 21.

“le tapir maïba” was a historical 19th-century French name used in natural history texts for the Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus).
The Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called Asian tapir, Asiatic tapir, oriental tapir, Indian tapir, piebald tapir, or black-and-white tapir, is the only living tapir species outside of the Americas. It is native to Southeast Asia from the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra. It has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2008, as the population is estimated to comprise fewer than 2,500 mature individuals.