Title |
Conservation Value of Non‐Native Banteng in Northern Australia
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Published in |
Conservation Biology, June 2006
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DOI | 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00428.x |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
COREY J. A. BRADSHAW, YUJI ISAGI, SHINGO KANEKO, DAVID M. J. S. BOWMAN, BARRY W. BROOK |
Abstract |
The global species extinction crisis has provided the impetus for elaborate translocation, captive breeding, and cloning programs, but more extreme actions may be necessary. We used mitochondrial DNA, Y-chromosome, and nuclear lactoferrin-encoding gene sequencing to identify a wild population of a pure-strain endangered bovid (Bos javanicus) introduced into northern Australia over 150 years ago. This places the Australian population in a different conservation category relative to its domesticated conspecific in Indonesia (i.e., Bali cattle) that has varying degrees of introgression from other domesticated Bos spp. The success of this endangered non-native species demonstrates that although risky, the deliberate introduction of threatened exotic species into non-native habitat may provide, under some circumstances, a biologically feasible option for conserving large herbivores otherwise imperiled in their native range. |
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