Tenuk

Tenuk is a character featured in the third season of the Disney Jr. animated series, The Lion Guard. He is a Malayan tapir who interacts with the Lion Guard in a tropical forest.
==Background==
Tenuk shows a sociable and friendly personality to those who he encounters in the forest in a friendly manner, such as the case of the Lion Guard traveling across the tropical forest. During his encounter with Beshte, he shows a friendly personality to the hippo, which the tapir kindly introduces him to his friends Seisou and Bambun. Like other tapirs in real life, Tenuk doesn't eat insects just like what Ono said, showing that tapirs like him are herbivores. Like most of the residents living in the forest, Tenuk is afraid of the word "Tuliza", fearing that this plant is linked to Mama Binturong, showing that he is fearful of her.
==Role in the series==
==="Mama Binturong"===
When the Lion Guard is on their way to the Tree of Lifee, Tenuk follows the group where Beshte mingles with Tenuk to know if there are a lot of plants for animals to eat in the tropical forest. Tenuk replies to Beshte that the best plants the animals eat there are fruits, berries, and leaves. When Bunga tells Tenuk if the animals eat bugs which Tenuk couldn't tell him, Ono replies to Bunga that tapirs are herbivores, meaning they don't eat insects. As the Guard stops, Tenuk introduces the Guard to his friends, a gibbon named Seisou and a mongoose named Bambun. Tenuk tells Beshte that he is welcome as long as he likes. He tells the group to let him know if they need anything from him. When Makini asks Tenuk for Tuliza, the tapir runs away in terror. Afterwards, Bambun and Seisou are concerned about what Makini did to the tapir to which it is known that the animals in the tropical forest are afraid of saying "Tuliza".
Tenuk later appears in the "You Best Not Mess With Mama" musical sequence where the tapir tries to eat Tuliza to which Mama Binturong takes the Tuliza from the tapir, much to her greed. Afterwards, Tenuk makes no further appearances.
==Trivia==
*He is the only tapir in the Lion King franchise.
**Despite this, he is one of the few one-shot characters to have a limited amount of screen time.
*"Tenuk" means "tapir" in Malay, so he is named after his own species.
==External links==
*Tenuk on Lion King Wiki.
Category:The Lion Guard characters
Category:Asian characters
Category:TV Animation characters
Category:Disney Jr. characters
Category:Animated characters
Category:Disney characters
Category:Males