Perhilitan names first-ever pangolins born in captivity as 'Corona' and 'Corina'


PETALING JAYA: The Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) has named the first-ever pangolins born in captivity as "Corona" and " Corina".

Both the babies are female, weigh around 150g each and measure about 26cm long.

Perhilitan said Corona's mother Tara gave birth to the cub on May 6 while Coroni was born on May 11 to another female named Pidang.

"These are the first births of the species in captivity in Malaysia and it's a proud achievement because pangolins are hard to breed in captivity.

"The conservation programme for the pangolin, which has been categorised as critically endangered, is the first to be carried out," it said on an Instagram post on Thursday (May 14).

Corona was the result of Tara mating with a male pangolin named Lenggong on Nov 2 last year at Perhilitan's sanctuary in Sungkai.

Tara was handed over to Perhilitan by a member of the public.

Pidang was already pregnant when it was handed over to Perhilitan by Orang Asli from Kg Jernang, Perak.

Pangolins are believed to be the intermediary species in the jump of Covid-19, the novel coronavirus, from bats to humans.

The species is endangered due to trafficking of its scales and the consumption of its meat.

KELAHIRAN ANAK TENGGILING DI PKHL SUNGKAI. Pada 06 Mei 2020,seekor tenggiling betina bernama Tara telah melahirkan seekor anak betina. Berat 150 gram dan panjang kepala hingga hujung ekor adalah 29 cm. Tara merupakan seekor tenggiling serahan awam kepada jabatan dan telah dihantar ke PKHL Sungkai pada 22 Julai 2019. Tara telah diletakan berpasangan dengan Lenggong pada 02 November 2019 untuk tujuan mengawan. Anak yang dilahirkan telah diberi nama Corona. Pada 11 Mei 2020 pula, seekor lagi tenggiling betina bernama Pidang telah melahirkan seekor anak. Anaknya betina, berat 140 gram dan panjang dari kepala hingga hujung ekor adalah 26 cm. Anak ini telah diberi nama Corina. Pidang merupakan seekor tenggiling yang diserahkan oleh Orang Asli Kg. Jernang kepada PKHL Sungkai. Pidang telah bunting semasa diserahkan kepada PKHL Sungkai. Kedua-dua anak dan ibu dalam keadaan sihat. Ini merupakan kelahiran pertama spesies ini dalam kurung di Malaysia dan ia merupakan kejayaan yang amat membanggakan kerana tenggiling merupakan spesies yang sukar dibiakbaka dalam kurungan. Program konservasi tenggiling ini adalah yang julung kalinya dijalankan kerana spesies tersebut dikategorikan diancam kepupusan. A post shared by Jabatan PERHILITAN (@perhilitan_malaysia) on May 13, 2020 at 10:26pm PDT

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