Reproductive behaviour repertoire of semi-captive lowland tapir Tapirus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)

The reproductive behaviour of five male and two female semi-captive Tapirus terrestris was investigated for two years without interruption. They were fenced in a 160 hectare area, in Santa Catarina State, South of Brazil. Data was collected whenever an animal exhibited reproductive behaviour. Seven...

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Main Authors: Luisa Brusius, Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, Luiz Gustavo R. Oliveira-Santos, Marcos A. Tortato, Maria J. Hötzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2007-12-01
Series:Biotemas
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Online Access:http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume204/p135a139.pdf