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Amato, G.D.; Wharton, D.; Zainuddin, Z.Z.; Powell, J.R., 1995. Assessment of conservation units for the Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis). Zoo Biology 14: 395-402, tables 1-3

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Location: World
Subject: Genetics
Species: All Rhino Species


Original text on this topic:
Rhinoceros are chromosomally very conservative. Rhinoceros unicornis, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, Ceratotherium simum all have karyotype 2n = 82, even though they last shared a common ancestor more than 15 million years ago.

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