An endangered species in captivity: Husbandryudand management of the lion-tailed macaque(Macaca silenus)

摘要

The species that are endangered in their wild habitats also need toudbe maintained as sustainable populations in captivity. The lion-udtailed macaque (udMacaca silenusud) endemic to the Western ghats ofudIndia, is an endangered species. The captive breeding programmesudfor this species have been taken up in North America, Europe andudIndia. However, the management practices for the captive popu-udlation need to be standardized. We propose that an assessmentudof the biological potential of a captive population at any givenudtime can help predict future population dynamics. Since system-udatic data on the captive populations of the lion-tailed macaque inudEuropean institutions are available for the past several decades,udwe use those data to trace the development of the population inuda historical perspective, and then use this perspective to developuda husbandry and population management manual for the lion-udtailed macaque in captivity. We propose husbandry guidelines forudindividual groups, and also propose that each group should beudconsidered a part of a metapopulation