Genetics and the last stand of the Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

• Main Authors: Goossens, Benoît, Salgado-Lynn, Milena, Rovie-Ryan, Jeffrine J., Ahmad, Abdul H., Payne, Junaidi, Zainuddin, Zainal Z., Nathan, Senthilvel K. S. S., Ambu, Laurentius N.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2013
• Subjects: QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36006/1/sumatran1.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36006/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605313000045; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605313000045

The Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis is on the brink of extinction. Although habitat loss and poaching were the reasons of the decline, today's reproductive isolation is the main threat to the survival of the species. Genetic studies have played an important role in identifying cons...