http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15430787 The last Java rhinoceros in Vietnam has been killed. :( --Mikko
Tag Archives: Rhinos
Ancestral woolly rhino
Dear Kurtenians,
You may wish to explore:
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6047/1285.abstract
Science 2 September 2011:
Vol. 333 no. 6047 pp. 1285-1288
DOI: 10.1126/science.1206594
REPORT
Out of Tibet: Pliocene Woolly Rhino Suggests High-Plateau Origin of Ice Age Megaherbivores
Tao Deng, Xiaoming Wang, Mikael Fortelius, Qiang Li, Yang Wang, Zhijie J. Tseng, Gary T. Takeuchi, Joel E. Saylor, Laura K. Säilä, Guangpu Xie
Regards,
Mikael
New extant rhino species discovered!
…except that it’s not really “new”, just a former subspecies elevated to full species
rank. Anyway, say hello to Ceratotherium cottoni:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0009703
Henry