Dogfish of Rodrigue

The dogfish of Rodrigues ( Pteropus rodricensis ) is a Espèce seriously threatened of extinction, from the family of the Ptéropodidé S. It draws its name owing to the fact that it comes from the Île Rodrigues (also known under the name of Île of Rodriguez and Island of Rodrigues), one from the three islands of the Archipel of the Mascareignes.

In 1976, Gerald Durell captured 18 specimens of giant dogfish during its visit on the Island of Rodrigues, of which eights were used to base a colony on the Mauritius, while the ten others were lent by the Gouvernement of Mauritius to Jersey, to establish a reproductive colony.

Since, the colony of Jersey saw being born more than 350 individuals, of which approximately 200 were sent to many zoos in the world, with an aim of establishing satellite colonies.

The Zoo of Jersey, which currently lodges 70 individuals, knew such a rate of reproduction that the male S and the Femelle S are separate today in two colonies to limit the increase in the population.

This giant dogfish, which one considers the population living at the natural state with only 350 individuals, is the subject of a European Programme of breeding (EEP) since 1996 which is coordinated by the Zoo of Jersey.

Within the framework of this program, approximately 800 dogfish of Rodrigues currently live in captivity in more than one about thirty zoological gardens. They are more particularly British zoos and American, but the Zoo of Palmyre, in France, also shelters a colony of about fifty individuals.

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Internal bonds

endemic Fauna of Rodrigues.

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