VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

HEDGE HOG AND PANGOLIN

Hedge hog (Hemiechinus auritus)

• One of the insect-eating mammal like tree shrews, moles, ground shrews etc.
• Nocturnal animal like any other member of insectivora (but tree shrews are nocturnal).
• Pig-like snout yields the name
• Dense mat of spines or bristles are present and may roll into a ball.
• Inhabits dry deserts and plains.
• Blind and almost naked at birth

Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata)

• Presence of protecting scales as armour on whole body.
• Curved and blunted claws are meant for effective digging of the ground
• Lives in burrows and glutinous tongue is present.
• Except for the bear-cat, the pangolin is the only Indian animal that is with a prehensile tail.
• Ant’s eggs are more preferred than the ants.