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Extinctions, genetic erosion and conservation options for the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis).
Scientific reports - 8 Feb 2017
Moodley Yoshan, Russo Isa-Rita M, Dalton Desiré L, Kotzé Antoinette, Muya Shadrack, Haubensak Patricia, Bálint Boglárka, Munimanda Gopi K, Deimel Caroline, Setzer Andrea, Dicks Kara, Herzig-Straschil Barbara, Kalthoff Daniela C, Siegismund Hans R, Robovský Jan, O'Donoghue Paul, Bruford Michael W
Abstract excerpt
The black rhinoceros is again on the verge of extinction due to unsustainable poaching in its native range. Despite a wide historic distribution, the black rhinoceros was traditionally thought of as depauperate in genetic variation, and with very little known about its evolutionary history. This knowledge gap has hampered conservation efforts because hunting has dramatically reduced the species' once continuous...
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