Taitung Animal Propagation Station (TAPS) is a branch of the Livestock Research Institute (LRI), located in southeastern Taiwan. Due to the fact that minipigs are physiologically and anatomically similar to that of the human body, and are thus suitable for the development of a variety of models for biomedical research, the indigenous minipigs, the Lanyu breed, were introduced from Lanyu Islet to TAPS in 1980. After decades of selection of inbreeding, four minipig breeds have been bred, and were officially registered from 2003 to 2010. In fact, TAPS is not only the only station that takes charge in minipig germplasm conservation, but also the only center for minipig breeding in Taiwan.