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  • Geneticists: Time to mix the Sumatran rhino subspecies with the Borneo subspecies

    May 30, 2018 1:00 pm by MongabayIllinois in the News
    Tam, one of two Bornean rhinos currently living in captivity in Malaysia. Photo by Jeremy Hance for Mongabay

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    • Tam, one of two Bornean rhinos currently living in captivity in Malaysia. Photo by Jeremy Hance for Mongabay

    Mongabay (May 29) It's 'disturbing' for a geneticist to recommend, but 'I can’t see any other way to preserve the Borneo gene pool among living rhinos,' says animal sciences professor Alfred Roca