SHORT COMMUNICATIONS - Chinese Water Deer Reintroduction in Nanhui, Shanghai, China

This communication reports some evidence of the reintroduced Chinese water deer surviving in the Nanhui Wildlife Sanctuary, Shanghai, China. Deer were still present in the sanctuary in 2014 and evidence of breeding was also recorded. Historically, the deer was last recorded in Shanghai in 1890. The...

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Published in:Pakistan journal of zoology 2015-10, Vol.47 (5)
Main Authors: Chen, Min, Pu, Aorui, He, Xin, Zhang, Endi, Ding, Youzhong, Wang, Tianhou, Cai, Youming, Pei, Enle, Yuan, Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal populations
Breeding
Cervidae
Chinese water deer
Deer
Distribution
Environmental protection
Females
Habitats
Historical account
Hydropotes inermis
Hydropotes inermis argyropus
Males
Mammalia
Methods
Moschidae
Parks & recreation areas
Poaching
Protection and preservation
Reintroduction
Tragulidae
Wildlife
Wildlife reintroduction
Wildlife sanctuaries
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Summary:This communication reports some evidence of the reintroduced Chinese water deer surviving in the Nanhui Wildlife Sanctuary, Shanghai, China. Deer were still present in the sanctuary in 2014 and evidence of breeding was also recorded. Historically, the deer was last recorded in Shanghai in 1890. The Chinese Water Deer Reintroduction Project was started in Shanghai in 2006, in order to restore the native Chinese water deer population.
ISSN:0030-9923