Fig. 1: Captive-born pangolins. | Communications Biology

Fig. 1: Captive-born pangolins.

From: Successful captive breeding of a Malayan pangolin population to the third filial generation

Fig. 1

a Female pangolin WF11 carrying her offspring FG3 on her tail. For more details on how a pangolin carries her offspring, please watch Supplementary Video 1. b Female pangolin WF16 nursing her offspring FG5. c Female pangolin WF8 was giving birth to a twin FG15.1 and FG15.2. FG15.2 died during birth. d A group of the first filial generation pangolins (FG1, FG2, FG3, FG4 and FG5) playing together. e Second filial generation female pangolin SG4 after recently having given birth to a third filial generation offspring TG2. The placenta can still be seen attached to the body of SG4. (Photos: Dingyu Yan).

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