Thursday, November 10, 2011

Black Rhino declared extinct in West Africa

Full story / Photo: BBC Science and Environment 10 November 2011

Black Rhino
The Red List, drawn up by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has declared the subspecies extinct, as "no wild black rhinos remain in West Africa."

The IUCN also warns that the northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), a subspecies in central Africa, is also on the brink of extinction.

Read full story for details on many other species becoming extinct.

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