Use of an outdoor enclosure by captive Malayan tapirs (Tapirus indicus) at Beijing Zoo

Cui, Duoying; Tan, Chia L.; Jinguo, Zhang; Ning, Liu; Xiaolong, Che

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Issue Date

2014

Author

Cui, Duoying
Tan, Chia L.
Jinguo, Zhang
Ning, Liu
Xiaolong, Che

Subject

ZOOS
BEIJING ZOO
TAPIRS
HUSBANDRY
ANIMAL WELFARE
BEHAVIOR
CHINA

Journal title

Chinese Journal of Wildlife

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http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-YSDW201401010.htm

Abstract

The use of an outdoor enclosure and behaviors of 5 Malayan tapirs (Tapirus indicus) at Beijing Zoo were studied by means of instantaneous scan sampling, focal animal sampling and all- occurrence recording methods in August 2013. Malayan tapirs were more likely to use grassland, bare soil, deep-water pool and concrete surfaces than shallow water, and tapirs avoided stony ground….

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12634/504

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Conservation Science Publications