Michael Gross is a science writer based at Oxford. He can be contacted via his web page at www.michaelgross.co.uk.
Curr Biol. 2018 Jan 8;28(1):R1-R3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.028.
The family Rhinocerotidae with many species spread around the world was a distinct feature of the global Pleistocene fauna, but most of these species are now extinct. Three of the five surviving species are critically endangered, due to habitat loss and a surge in criminal hunting for horns. To save these iconic species, conservation science will have to apply all methods at its disposal, from population management through to advanced genomics and forensics. Michael Gross reports.
家族 Rhinocerotidae 有许多物种分布在世界各地，是全球更新世动物群的一个显著特征，但现在这些物种中的大多数已经灭绝。在现存的五个物种中，有三个物种处于极度濒危状态，这是由于栖息地的丧失和对角的非法盗猎激增造成的。为了拯救这些标志性物种，保护科学将不得不应用其所有可用的方法，从种群管理到先进的基因组学和法医学。迈克尔·格罗斯报道。
