Giant panda twin rearing without assistance requires more interactions and less rest of the mother-A case study at Vienna Zoo.

The giant pandas' (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) reproductive strategy is unique among mammals. Yet there are characteristics of giant panda behaviour we do not fully understand. Probably one of the least understood is the assumption that in captivity virtually all giant panda females rear only one c...

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Main Authors: Martina Heiderer, Carmen Westenberg, Desheng Li, Hemin Zhang, Doris Preininger, Eveline Dungl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207433