The sixth rhino: A taxonomic re-assessment of the critically endangered northern white rhinoceros

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Groves, Colin P ^a   Fernando, Prithiviraj ^b   Robovský, Jan ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Conservation and Research   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOMETRY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FOSSIL ANIMAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA; SKULL; TOOTH;

CERATOTHERIUM; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM SIMUM; SILLAGO SIHAMA;

ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOSSILS; PERISSODACTYLA; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH;

EID: 77956371609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009703     Document Type: Review

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