Tenuk

“	Well, if there's anything you need while you're here, just let me know. And I mean, anything.	”
–Mama Binturong

Tenuk is a young male Malayan tapir that appears in The Lion Guard. He made his debut in Mama Binturong.

Appearance[]

Tenuk is a small Malayan tapir with white and dark blue skin. He has gray toenails. He also has a little trunk and brown eyes.

Personality[]

Tenuk is friendly and would do anything for his friends. Like most of the animals in the forest, however, he is terrified by the word “tuliza���. He fears that he could be beaten up by Mama Binturong when he says the word.

History[]

Mama Binturong[]

The Lion Guard are journeying through the forest to find another Moja Kwa Moja Stone for the Tree

of Life. Beshte makes a new friend in Tenuk. Tenuk then introduces his friends Bambun, the mongoose and Seisou the gibbon. When the Lion Guard asks about tuliza for Kion, Tenuk runs away in terror.

Trivia[]

• "Tenuk" means "Tapir" in Malay.

Characters in The Lion Guard
Lion Guard Members
The Bravest Lion • The Fastest Lion • The Strongest Lion • The Keenest of Sight Lion • Shabaha • Imara • Tazama • Kasi
Kion's Family
Simba • Nala • Nala's Father • Kiara • Mufasa • Askari • Sarabi • Scar • Kovu • Vitani
Pride Landers
Ajabu • Basi • Big Baboon • Boboka • Bupu • Chama • Chura • Fikiri • Genet • Gumba • Hadithi • Hamu • Haya • Hodari • Johari • Juhudi • Kambuni • Kiazi • Kifaru • Kinyonga • Kitendo • Kongwe • Kuchimba • Kulinda • Kulu • Kwato • Laini • Makuu • Masikio • Ma Tembo • Mbeya • Mbuni • Mekundu Bats • Mjomba • Muhanga • Muhangus • Muhimu • Mtoto • Mwenzi • Mzaha • Nyuni • Ogopa • Ona • Pim • Porcupine Brothers • Pua • Pumbaa • Rafiki • Shauku • Shingo • Swala • Tamaa • The Bellow Fellows • Thurston • Tiifu • Timon • Tumbili • Twiga • Vuruga Vuruga • Zazu • Zigo • Zito • Zuri
Unnamed Pride Landers
Baby Baboon • Baby Baboon's Mother • Baby Hippo • Boboka's Son • Female Duck • Female Hare • Female Monkey • Female Mouse • Female Serval • Female Wagtail • Gumba's Mother • Jerboa • Klipspringer • Little Monkey • Male Bushbuck • Male Cheetah • Male Crocodile • Male Mongoose • Male Oryx • Male Porcupine • Male Serval • Male Turtle • Male Vulture • Mtoto's Mom • Sable Antelope #1 • Timon's Ma • Young Aardvark • Young Hedgehog • Young Rhino • Young Rhino's Mother • Young Serval • List of Minor Characters
Outlanders
Cheezi • Chungu • Dogo • Dogo's Siblings • Goigoi • Janja • Jasiri • Kenge • Kiburi • Kijana • Lioness • Madoa • Mwoga • Mzingo • Nduli • Njano • Nne • Nuka • Nyata • Nyeusi • Reirei • Shupavu • Strange Cobra • Strange Lion • Sumu • Tamka • Tano • Tunu • Ushari • Waza • Zira • Wema
Back Landers
Badili • Dhahabu • Jiona • Fahari • Makucha • Mapigano • Raha • Starehe
Night Pride
Rani • Kion • Baliyo • Surak • Nirmala • Bunga • Fuli • Ono • Beshte • Anga
Tree of Life
Astuto • Binga • Cek • Feliks • Heng Heng • Janna • Kely • Kiril • Makini • Pasha • Polina • Pinguino • Rama • Sasem • Sãhasí • Tangaagim • Tsah • Ullu • Varya • Ãnanda
Unnamed Tree of Life
Astuto's Kits • Baby Goat • Female Polar Bear • Male Camel • Pika
Mountain
Bogino • Chuluun • Domog • Dughi • Hitashi • Kimyo • Nabasu • Tafu • Yuki • Chubby Red Panda • Female Red Panda • Male Red Panda
Forest
Bambun • Mama Binturong• Seisou • Smun • Tenuk • Tompok • Yun Mibu • Baby Goose • Mother Goose • Mouse Deer • Peacock Leader • Young Goose
Other Animals
Azaad • Baby Falcons • Flamingo Girl #1 • Flamingo Girl #2 • Hafifu • Komodo Dragon • Krud'dha • Lumba-Lumba • Majinuni • Mpishi • Mwevi • Mwizi • Old Civet • Ora • Pãgala • Shujaa • Sokwe • Tupp • Uroho