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| Title |
The Sixth Rhino: A Taxonomic Re-Assessment of the Critically Endangered Northern White Rhinoceros
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0009703 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Colin P. Groves, Prithiviraj Fernando, Jan Robovský |
| Abstract |
The two forms of white rhinoceros; northern and southern, have had contrasting conservation histories. The Northern form, once fairly numerous is now critically endangered, while the southern form has recovered from a few individuals to a population of a few thousand. Since their last taxonomic assessment over three decades ago, new material and analytical techniques have become available, necessitating a review of available information and re-assessment of the taxonomy. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 29% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Brazil | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 71% |
| Scientists | 2 | 29% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 145 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Romania | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 137 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 27 | 19% |
| Researcher | 26 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 12% |
| Other | 11 | 8% |
| Other | 25 | 17% |
| Unknown | 17 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 75 | 52% |
| Environmental Science | 20 | 14% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 7 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 4% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 13 | 9% |
| Unknown | 20 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 195. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 January 2022.
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#208,856
of 25,905,864 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#3,085
of 225,916 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#484
of 104,840 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#11
of 710 outputs
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