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- Title
The First Birth and Survival of Cub in Captivity of Critically Endangered Malayan Pangolin (Mariis javanica).
- Authors
Jingyu YU; Fulin JIANG; Jianjun PENG; Xilin YIN; Xiaohua MA
- Abstract
Two adult captive Malayan pangolin [Manis javanica) successfully mated on February 3, 2015, and gave birth to one healthy cub on April 8 in Pangolin's Breeding Center of College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University. Currently, the two adults and the cub are in good state of health, and especially the cub is healthily growing according to its weight and other health indicators. This is the first birth and survival of cub of Malayan pangolins in captivity. It proves that Malayan pangolin can successfully breed in appropriate captivity conditions and the reproductive parameters of Malayan pangolin are also determined, which provide valuable reference for other species of pangolins in artificial breeding, and also give effective way for population growth, ecological restoration and species conservation for pangolin in the wild.
- Subjects
PANGOLINS; ENDANGERED species; CAPTIVITY; MAMMAL breeding; ANIMAL health indicators
- Publication
Agricultural Science & Technology, 2015, Vol 16, Issue 10, p2322
- ISSN
1009-4229
- Publication type
Article