BREEDNG OF AN INDIAN GIANT SQUIRREL (Ratufa indica) PUP AT ARIGNAR ANNA ZOOLOGICAL PARK

摘要

Breeding of endangered species and subspecies of animals in captivity is likely to be crucial to the survival of many forms. It must, therefore, be used as a method of preventing extinction, alongside the maintenance of the wild stocks in their natural habitat (Mallison, 1988). Arignar Anna Zoological Park (AAZP), India, taking this into consideration, plays as an important role in the ex-situ conservation and captive breeding of endangered species of fauna in general and of Western and Eastern Ghats of India in particular.