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Title: Conservation genetics of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), I: Evidence from the Mitochondrial DNA of three populations
Author(s): Ashley, M.V.; Melnick, D.J.; Western, D.
Year published: 1990
Journal: Conservation Biology
Volume: 4 (1)
Pages: 71-77, fig. 1, tables 1-4
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Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Fewer than 11,000 individuals of all five species survive in small scattered populations throughout Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. The black rhino (Diceros bicornis), the focus of this study, has suffered the most dramatic decline, disappearing faster than any other large mammal. The specie...
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World
Taxonomy - Taxa
White Rhino
These findings for the black rhino stand in sharp contrast to the level and distribution of mtDNA differences reported for the white rhino. The southern white rhino, Ceratotberium simum simum, has recovered quite well from a population bottleneck that occurred at the turn of the century, and now...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
World
Taxonomy - Taxa
White Rhino
These findings for the black rhino stand in sharp contrast to the level and distribution of mtDNA differences reported for the white rhino. The southern white rhino, Ceratotberium simum simum, has recovered quite well from a population bottleneck that occurred at the turn of the century, and now...
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Subject:
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World
Genetics
Black Rhino
Mitochondrial DNA in Diceros bicornis. Should all the remaining black rhinos be considered as a single population for breeding purposes? This tactic might increase their chances of survival by increasing effective population sizes and thus forestalling stochastic demographic extinctions, inbree...
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World
Genetics
White Rhino
Differences in Ceratotherium simum. These findings for the black rhino stand in sharp contrast to the level and distribution of mtDNA differences reported for the white rhino. The southern white rhino, Ceratotberium simum simum, has recovered quite well from a population bottleneck that occurre...
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Location:
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Africa
Conservation
African Rhino Species
The shortage of manpower and resources within national conservation departments across Africa is a primary factor in the decline of the rhino (Leader-Williams & Albon 1988). Consolidating groups is an easier and less expensive way to re-establish former densities. The idea of creating more sanc...
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World
Taxonomy
Black Rhino
The most widely accepted classification (Groves 1967) recognizes seven subspecies of Diceros bicornis, one of which D. b. Iadoensis, is probably extinct. Three other subspecies - D. b. brucii, found in Ethiopia and Somalia; D. b. longipes, which remains only in Cameroon and perhaps Chad; and D. ...
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