穿山甲是我国珍贵野生动物,主要活动在南方丘陵山区,以白蚁为主食。其鳞片为重要药材。近年来,由于山林大量砍伐,严重地破坏了穿山甲的生境,加之猎人盲目捕杀,使这一珍贵动物资源面临绝境。为了加强对穿山甲的保护和利用,国家已将其列为二类保护动物,我们从1980年12月至1984年进行了穿山甲人工饲养的实验研究工作,用人工配制的混合饲料饲养穿山甲初获成功。 Pangolin is China’s precious wildlife, the main activities in the southern hills and mountains, termites for the staple food. Its scales are important herbs. In recent years, as a result of extensive deforestation, the pangolin habitat has been severely damaged. Combined with hunters’ blind killings, this precious animal resource is in dire straits. In order to strengthen the protection and utilization of pangolins, the country has listed it as a second category of protected animals. From December 1980 to 1984, we conducted experimental studies on the artificial breeding of pangolin, and successfully obtained the pangolins using the mixed feed .