2021
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02760-4
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Successful captive breeding of a Malayan pangolin population to the third filial generation

Abstract: Pangolins are threatened placental mammals distributed in Africa and Asia. Many efforts have been undertaken in the last century to maintain pangolins in captivity, but only a few of them succeeded in maintaining and keeping this species in a controlled environment. This study reports the first systematic breeding of the Critically Endangered Malayan pangolin (Manis javanica) in captivity. Our captive breeding approach successfully improved the reproductive rate for both wild and captive-born female pangolins.… Show more

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“…Our data suggest that pangolins do not exhibit a strictly seasonal mating, as mating was recorded during every month. This is consistent with previous studies showing no seasonality in reproduction 24 26 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 94%
“…Our data suggest that pangolins do not exhibit a strictly seasonal mating, as mating was recorded during every month. This is consistent with previous studies showing no seasonality in reproduction 24 26 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 94%
“…Another proposed option is to increase the supply of medicinal pangolin products through farming. However, although conservation breeding has been carried out for some pangolin species (Parker and Luz 2020;Yan et al 2021), establishing pangolin farming at a commercial scale is still a long way off, due to numerous well-recognised technical difficulties, such as designing suitable feed (Wicker et al 2020). The two current problems facing pangolin conservation that we highlight in China, widespread illegal trade and very limited legal supply capacity compared to market demand, instead both need urgent mitigation rather than relying on solutions that are not feasible in the near future.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The captive conditions, methods, part of the pangolin’s behavior and pregnancy period of the Sunda pangolins in the rescue center have been previously described [ 8 , 15 , 16 ].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Since female Sunda pangolins do not have obvious estrus characteristics at sexual maturity [ 8 ], we facilitated their cohabitation with males at random times. The first conception of a particular female was regarded as sexual maturity for that female.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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