Carlotta, one of just seven mountain tapir in the United States, died at age 27 at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, officials announced Wednesday.

Mochi, a critically endangered Mountain Tapir, and one of only four Mountain Tapirs remaining in the country, has returned to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

Twenty-four-year-old Mochi is part of the critically endangered mountain tapir species, which many CMZoo fans may remember from his time at the zoo from 2000-2014. Mochi moved to the Los Angeles Zo… ...

The Colorado Springs zoo said goodbye to two rare, endangered animals: Cofan, a mountain tapir, and Luna, a Mexican wolf matriarch. Colorado zoo animals.

Cofan, a 19-year-old mountain tapir, and Luna, a 14-year-old Mexican Wolf Matriach passed away in unrelated situations zoo officials said Friday.

This may be an emerging trend: another 2024 paper from Colombia documented a mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) being chased and attacked by two dogs in a protected area of the Central Andes of ...

Researchers who captured footage of dog attacks on endangered mountain tapirs in Colombia are calling for action to protect threatened wildlife.

Oct. 7—Cheyenne Mountain Zoo lost two endangered animals on Thursday, the zoo announced in a news release Friday. The animals, a 19-year-old mountain tapir named Cofan and 14-year-old Mexican ...

Mountain tapir Cofan, 17, wades through a pond at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Mountain tapir Cofan, 17, is “a big love bug,” says Cheyenne Mountain Zoo lead animal keeper Michelle Salido.

One of the rare mountain tapir at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo passed away. According to the zoo, the mountain tapir, Carlotta, was one of only seven mountain tapir in the U.S. housed at two zoos ...

Pukazhenthi: There are only nine mountain tapirs in human care globally — two at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado, five at the Los Angeles Zoo in California and two in Colombia.

A mountain tapir at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is recovering after after having one of his kidneys removed.