Social and Reproductive Behavior of Captive Malayan Tapirs’ (Tapirus indicus): Interactions with Maternal Experience and Environmental Conditions

Malayan tapirs are listed as endangered and are bred in captivity under governmental management. The success of captive breeding programs varies and the underlying causes are unclear. Here, we investigate how tapir reproduction is affected by previous breeding experience, enclosure type/size and vis...

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Published in:	Scientific reports Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 4117
Main Authors:	Arumugam, Kalai Arasi, Top, Marina Mohd, Ibrahim, Wan Norhamidah Wan, Buesching, Christina D., Annavi, Geetha
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 05-03-2020 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	631/158/856 631/601/18 Animal breeding Animal Husbandry Animals Behavior Breeding Captive breeding Captivity Environmental conditions Female Females Humanities and Social Sciences Male multidisciplinary Perissodactyla - physiology Reproductive behavior Science Science (multidisciplinary) Sexual behavior Sexual Behavior, Animal Social Behavior Tapiridae
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