Table 1.
Basic information of the 13 Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) offspring and their mothers (recorded until October 31, 2019).
Fig 1.
Cumulative body mass growth curves for nine Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) cubs from birth to 200 days of age.
Fig 2.
(a) The male Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) cub C5 (mass 2640 g, body straight dorsal length 66 cm) was still suckling at 6 months of age. (Photo: Dingyu Yan, 28 December 2016). (b) At 10 months of age, female Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) cub C10 (mass 4220 g, body straight dorsal length 80 cm) was still sharing her mother’s denning box. (Photo: Dingyu Yan, 15 March 2018). (c) Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) mother F3 was scratched by her 145-day-old male offspring while she was nursing him. (Photo: Dingyu Yan, 6 November 2016). (d) 7-month-old male Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) cub C11 (mass 3330 g, body straight dorsal length 73 cm) was scratched by his mother while cohabiting (Photo: Dingyu Yan, 11 February 2018). (e) Needle-like single main duct nipple of a female Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) that has been partially retracted just after lactation. (Photo: Dingyu Yan, 21 May 2017). (f) Needle-shaped nipples of a female Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) retracted about 15 seconds after the cub stopped suckling. (Photo: Dingyu Yan, 21 May 2017).
Fig 3.
(a) Body mass as a function of age for four Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) cubs under a natural feeding regime. (b) Body mass as a function of age for five Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) cubs fed an artificial diet.
Fig 4.
Fitted body mass growth curves for each of the nine Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) cubs.
Fig 5.
The growth process of the first-generation offspring C7. (Photos: Dingyu Yan).