| assisted reproduction in female rhinoceros and elephants--current status and future perspective. | over the last few decades, rhinoceroses and elephants became important icons in the saga of wildlife conservation. recent surveys estimate the wild asian (elephas maximus) and african (loxodonta africana) elephant populations to be, at most, 50 250 and 637 600 respectively. for the five rhinoceros species, black (diceros bicornis), white (ceratotherium simum), indian (rhinoceros unicornis), javan (rhinoceros sondaicus) and sumatran rhinoceros (dicerorhinus sumatrensis), the population estimates ... | 2007 | 17688600 |
| analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes from extinct and extant rhinoceroses reveals lack of phylogenetic resolution. | the scientific literature contains many examples where dna sequence analyses have been used to provide definitive answers to phylogenetic problems that traditional (non-dna based) approaches alone have failed to resolve. one notable example concerns the rhinoceroses, a group for which several contradictory phylogenies were proposed on the basis of morphology, then apparently resolved using mitochondrial dna fragments. | 2009 | 19432984 |
| detecting inter-cusp and inter-tooth wear patterns in rhinocerotids. | extant rhinos are the largest extant herbivores exhibiting dietary specialisations for both browse and grass. however, the adaptive value of the wear-induced tooth morphology in rhinos has not been widely studied, and data on individual cusp and tooth positions have rarely been published. we evaluated upper cheek dentition of browsing diceros bicornis and rhinoceros sondaicus, mixed-feeding r. unicornis and grazing ceratotherium simum using an extended mesowear method adapted for rhinos. we incl ... | 2013 | 24312507 |
| surveillance for hemorrhagic septicemia in buffalo (bubalus bubalis) as an aid to range expansion of the javan rhinoceros (rhinoceros sondaicus) in ujung kulon national park, indonesia. | the javan rhinoceros (rhinoceros sondaicus) of ujung kulon national park (uknp) is the crown jewel of indonesia's rich natural history. the park lies on a peninsula surrounded by coastline and agriculture-dominated landscapes. the invasion of water buffalo (bubalus bubalis) into the park carries a substantial health risk to the javan rhinoceros and threatens plans to establish a new population outside of its only current range in uknp. hemorrhagic septicemia (hs), known locally as septicemia epi ... | 2017 | 28820298 |
| a potential link between lateral semicircular canal orientation, head posture, and dietary habits in extant rhinos (perissodactyla, rhinocerotidae). | extant rhinoceroses share the characteristic nasal horn, although the number and size of horns varies among the five species. although all species are herbivores, their dietary preferences, occipital shapes, and common head postures vary. traditionally, to predict the "usual" head posture (the most used head posture of animals during normal unstressed activities, i.e., standing) of rhinos, the occipital shape was used. while a backward inclined occiput implies a downward hanging head (often foun ... | 2018 | 28948643 |
| parasites of the lesser one-horned rhinoceros (rhinoceros sondaicus desmarest). | | 1980 | 7218098 |