tapir vs Malayan tapir

tapir and Malayan tapir both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tapir	Yes	No	No	No
Malayan tapir	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Malayan tapir is a hyponym of tapir; that is, Malayan tapir is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tapir:

tapir: large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout
Malayan tapir: a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra

Other hyponyms of tapir include New World tapir, Tapirus terrestris, Indian tapir, Tapirus indicus.

tapir (noun)	Malayan tapir (noun)
large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout	a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra