S M,q.nCanNlvonE CoNSERvATToN TheNewsletter and Journalot the IUCN/SSC Mustelld,Vlverrld & ProcyonldSpeclallst Group tucN Numberg October1993 SPEcrEsSuRvrvAL CoMMrssroN Bandcdlinian8 OrionodoniLnidng). Photo bt J. W. Lowvn.n, Wassenrrr Wttdlf. gr.cdint C€ntr€. Thepfoduction and distribution ot thisissue has b€en sponsored 'Blijdorp by & Zoo",Roterdam, Holtand "Royal rd#'' andthe ZoologicalSociety ol Antwerp',Antwerp, Betgium #ur!|J, Snann CanNIvoRECoNsnRvartoN The Newsletterand Joumal of the IUCN/SSC Mustelid,Vivenid & ProcyonidSpecialist Group Editor-in-chief:Harry Van Rompaey,Edegem, Belgium Editors: Angela Glatston,Rotterdam, Netherlands Huw Griffiths,Ieeds, United Kingdom Michael Riffel, Heidelberg,Germany Amd Schreiber,Heidelberg, Germany RolandWirth, Miinchen, Germany The vicws cxFEsscdin this publicalioo are th$c of lhe authorsatd do nol nec€ssa.ilyreflect thos€ of the IUCN, no{ the IUCN/SSC Mustelid, vivedd & Prcyonid SFlialist Gtoup. wc arc peniculady g.acful to Wrlt€r Rasmusseofm readingthe manoscriptsand improving the Englishstylc. Thc aim of lhb publication is lo off€r the membeNof thc IUCNASC MV&PSG, and lhose who are conenr€d with mustclids,viverids, and procyoni&, bricf papen, news iiems, abstracts.aod liiles of rcc€nt lit€raiur€. All readersarc invited to scnd mate.ial io: SmallCarnivore Conservation c/o Dr. H. Van Rompaey JanVerbertlei, 15 2650Edegem Belgium Printed on recicled paper lssN l019-51)41 Small Camivore |GCAP' Meeting report In the lasreditioo of SmallCamivorE Consc|.ation, Sh.lagh Preliminary captive breeding re(ommendslions H€ard repon€d on thc Small Camivor! CAMP (Conscrvslion As!€$ment and ManagoorentPlan) Wo*shop which w's hcld in Mustelld. RoxerdamZoo. This workshopwls only th€ fint stagcin a Foccss Thc grouprc€ommcndcd inmedistc .ction - this msyrncan which on rheone hand lerds ro cooservarionin iiru andon rhc othcr csarblishinga brr€ding programmcor expandingan cristing onc - to coordinat€dcaplive breeding of sclcclcdendrngcrcd specics. At in lhe ciptivc br€lding ofdrc Europcanmink, dlc M bledpolccrt, the €nd of lh€ Rotlerdarnme€tioB 20 citically endmgerEd,30 and tt|c Wolvarin . All lhca€spccies € Europeen5nd BuroF$ endangered,and 35 vulmrabl€ taxa wert recogniscdof which 26 trasedprogrrmmes stc r€cornmen&d.lt wasalso loggdtcd thet ! were r€comm€ndedfor immedirte captive minagdrcnt. Of th€ prograrturEbc cstrblisb€dfor lho6cTsyns alrEadyIiving in zoor remainingtaxa which w€re€ilher believed safe or clsc wereof in ordcr to cstrblish dlc husbardry ard maragesFntr€quirrrncntg unknown slalus 13 were rccommende'dfor imrrcdirtc caDtive fo.lhis spccicswith r vicw to c$ablishing r pmgrammcfo( Elra manag€ment.In addition the meeling felt lhat anothcr 64 laxa fufuara wner ud a,.l!ci .ar!' forms of thc tayrr. Similarly it i3 mighr b€ consideredfor caprivemanagement in thc futurc. .econmcnd€d that thc zm population of th€ Ycllow-throdtcd rmrtcn bc us€d .s a modtl for thc crFivc brccding of Mdrtrr The next stage in th€ processof dcveloping s captivc tlavisula robinsonii. managementplan as recommended by a CAMPis to holda GCAP lclobal CaptiveAction Pl6n)me€ting. ln sucb a mcetingthc Vlvcrrld! recomm€ndationsofa CAMP arediscNsed by reprcsentativcsof The Malabar civct was consi&rcd by the CCAP group th€ zoo community in order lo decid€ which are fcasible in the membersto bc a princ candidalcfffa optivc trrcding prognffna. meeling cun€ntzoo situation. The CCAP thcnsugSests how and In thc lasi issueof Small CamivorECons.rwtion, Sslly Walt.. which rn counries, fte zoo commuoitycan b€stincorponle thesc discu5scdlhe civer project ph.nrd b Indh. Ii wa! suggcstcdthat programmes. new breeding The rccommendalionsof rhe CCAP a joint pmgrammcb€ establishedfor th. M&labff civct in both m€eting are then fonr/arded lo the r€gional Taxon Advisory Europ€ and India. A Bimilar cmpcntivc progr.mnc, lhis timc gmups croups. Theselalter arc rcsponsiblefor thc rellisation of betweenNonh America and Thail&nd,wrs .cconMEndcdfor lhc plans. rh€GCAP Ho\rever, ir musl bestated ihat, whilc lhc CAMP t-argc-spottcdcivet. Th€ United Sutcswas 6uggcsted as supporting process proccssis fairly well koown,now thc of lhe GCAP snd thc rcgion in this instancehccrus€ of thc srong conn€ctio$ th8t hvc Taron Advisory Croups erc still in the dcveloFn.nt stagc. alrcadybeen dcvcloped b€twcen ihcsc iwo countricsin th€ fi€ld of Early in Septembcra Smrll Camivorc GCAP rnc.ling *a! zoo biology. Finrlly an immedi € shrt was rccommcndedfor t h€ld in Antwerp in associationu/ilh fte mccrio8 of the IUCN caplive pmSrarnm€for Owston's palm civcl. capriveBre€ding sp€.ialisl croup. Duringthis CCAP, a small grrup of rcpres€ntativesof thc zoos plus Rohnd winh (chairman The Aquatic g€netwai rbo decmcda sFcies in nccd of of th€ MVPSC) discusscdlhc CAMP r€commendationsfor immcdiatesuppon. However, nothing i6 known of its biology rnd mustclids,viverrids, and procyonids.Unforrunately, due lo time lhereforc ln immedialc captiv€ brccdinS p.ogrammc would consraints and to the absenceof any otter spccialisls,thc Lulrina€ repres€nla risk to rhe survival of thc population.I( lras thercfor€ wcr€ nor considercd.As a resull of lhe discussionsin Antw€m. r suggestedthar rwo pain b€ broughr into crptivity 1oinvesdgatc number of the speci€s which had bc€n propodedfor captiv€ captivc br€edingrequircmcnts. Thc possibility of establishingi manaSementby th€ CAMP \rorkshop wcre selectedfor immedialc captiv€br€cding prognmm€ for this spccicswould b€ decidedoo consid€nrion whilc othcrs *ere deemedonsuilable for captivc ihe basis of lhc aucccssof this rrial prognmme. A similar lrial managemental the presenttim€. The rccommendationsof ihis proglamrn€,but on a larger scale.was r€commended for thc Otlcr GCAP meeting are summaris€dbelow. Ho*cver, it must bc civet. Shouldthis tdal prove successfulan cvcnlualnuclcus rememb€redlhat lh€se can only be considercdpr€liminsry populationof 50 captivc animds wss recomm€n&d. rccommendationsbecause lhe zoorEpres€ntationduring discussioos wasso limit€d and in addition much of thc nece$ffy infomation HGrp€lrlds on the numbersof eachrFcies in caflivily is not ycl available. Only two laxa of mongoos€wcr! bclievedto merit captivc m:magcrn€nt,lhc Libcrian mongoosc (should any spccinrcns The primeconsiderarion in rnaling tl|e follo'ing rcconrncn. bexorneavail.ble), and rh€ Malagasynanow-strip€d mongoose. dationswas that, wher€ possible, th€ primary imFtus for th€captiv€ brcding of endanger€dsp€.ies .hould bc in th€ rcgion of origin of Proctonids rhat species.wl|ere rhis rcgion has iruufficient lnclns to esrablish At theend ofrhc CAMP rn€€rin8,all taxaofprocyor d wcr€ a caFive progffnrne. zoosbascd in olhcr legioff shouldsupport dtc rccommendedfor caplive manag€m€nt.even lhos€ \thich are well propos.d prograrnn€by providinBcxar 3pac, fi&rrcial aid and r€prBcnlcdboth in the *ild andcaptivity. This waslo lvoid fudhet advic€.Taking geognphicalconstrainrs and odEr factorsinlo ac- impon of unn€c€s$rywild caughtiodividuals inlo crplivily. countlhh rn€ansthal in practicczoos in lhe Nnth Amcricanrcgion Howevcrafter r€view in lhe CCAP mceling it wasdecidcd lhat oo shooldprimarily supponprosramrDcs boscd in Ccntal ard Souh rccommen&tionsshould be mr& for lhe commonraccoon or lhc Arn€rica. Howevcr, in some padicular insi{pcs thcy migh! bc Sou$ Amcricancoati although managcmenl of thecaptive Cmb- aet€dlo suppo( pro€ramrn€3b6sed in Aia ard A&ica. Similarly d|e cadng raccooo population was bclicvcd to be a us€ful opiion. ErlrcF.o zloa s}rculdpdmarily suporr programnEaboscd in Eur- Funhermorcit wa! rccommcndcdthal any allempl to captureand asiaard in sorn€pqdiculer instanccs tho6c in Aftic& While thc A|ls- br€cdthc Mountaincoati should wail unlil more d.ia were taliar zoosshould pdmarily dirE r their supportlo Southca$ Asia- availablefor lhis Boecies. As r€gardsother procyonids,ther€ are cun€ntly sizeable Thc fnal gmupof sp€ci€sconside.d for crptiv€ aclionw€rE caplivepopulations of Ringtail,Kinkajou, and tlle Ccntal Ame.ican tlle Olingo€.This taxoo includesa numbcrof rlr€ andev€n caiticd coati. lt wassuggested thal lhes€popuktions bc nranagedand osed (sub)specicsand fifllEnnorc it is not wcll refrEs.ntedin crptivity. asmodels for the nter (sub)speci€sand, in thc cas€of dtc kinkajou, It wassllggcsl.d rhsr a captivcpopulatim of th€rnost cornnoo fotrn b€ usedas subjcclsfor rcsearchinto (sub)sp€cificvrriation, and be establish.d in M€xico for r.sc{rch prttposcswith a view lo ftar rhes€should evcntually compris. lh€ captive population. In esiruishhg Fog nrB for th€ r.ret forms rt r ldcr dal€.As lhe addirion it was r€cornmendedthat, in dlc long rcrm, thc crptive Fcyolrid fmily fu cdfincd cntitrly lo ihc Ncw world it w!5 sprce cunently allocatedto the animals should be usedfor rare. acccpkd rfiat dte North, Centnl, ud SouthAmeticin zoocshould (sub)species.ForlhermorE, it was suggcsledthat progr.rnrncsfor rrtc tlE l€sd in tlE captivc rumgemcnt of th€sesFcies fie rarc islrnd forms of rirccoon should bc sct up in silir *ith finsncial and othcr hclp from thc Notth Amcdcan mos whclt AngelaR, Glrtston, Rotterdrm zoo requircd. Shoold any Noflh An|ci'ican zoo b€ ioteEslcd in psni- Van Aerss€nlaan,49, 3039KE Roaterdsm cipaling in r riccoon programrn€lherc would be thc possibility of Netherls1|ds DarticiDation. RedPanda Global ConservationPlan In rh€October l9l nunb€r of Muslelid & Vivenid Cons€r_ Howcvcr, as thc BroopagrE€d, the captivc populationse€ms to bc valion, I reportedon lhe PandrConscftstion WorkshophGId in thc devcloping in s stsble wry. This mctr$ lhat s!rylus animals will United States.Durin8 this mcetinSa numberof rglccfircols wcre soon b€ svailablc and as such il was felt lhst thc lime is riF lo madercgarding drc dcvcloptEnt ofr gloM Redpandacoscwarioi cstablishrcd pandabltedinS ceni.es in their natuml home rang€. progrartunc.In the ye{s rince tlnt rncetingr numtEr of impottant It wos felt that India might b. a suitable place to stat! wilh lhis aclivitics havealready bcgun. In the field, a survcy is under way proj€cr ss ther€ ar€ alr€ady ! few rtd pandasin th€ zoos ther€' of rhe rEd pandapopulstions in Nepal, Indir, and Bhutm, and in Fonunat€ly, Mr. Sharmr, thc hcid of the ltdian Associatiooof China r ficld study bls slrE.dy becn initirl€d.