Mortality and morbidity in wild Taiwanese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla pentadactyla).

Globally, pangolins are threatened by poaching and illegal trade. Taiwan presents a contrary situation, where the wild pangolin population has stabilized and even begun to increase in the last two decades. This paper illustrates the factors responsible for causing mortality and morbidity in the wild...

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Main Authors: Nick Ching-Min Sun, Bharti Arora, Jing-Shiun Lin, Wen-Chi Lin, Meng-Jou Chi, Chen-Chih Chen, Kurtis Jai-Chyi Pei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198230