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Traffic 1987. Black rhino population crashes. Traffic USA 7 (2/3): 27.

Black rhino population crashes

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Location Africa Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

4500

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Location Africa Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1984

8800

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Location Africa Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1985

During an aerial survey of CAR in mid-1985, no Diceros bicornis were located in an area that once had a high rhino density. While tracks were found of an occasional animal, there are fears that the species will become extinct.

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