Talk:Western black rhinoceros

Zoo specimens?
Are there any of this species kept in zoos? 61.30.11.130 12:18, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Not that I know of. Dtm142 23:10, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Long legged?
Its name "longipes" suggest that it had long legs ( in comperisson to the other subspecies(?) ), is it true?--92.118.191.48 (talk) 10:17, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

extinct or "extinct"
is there a difference between extinct and "extinct"? Does it have to do with this being a 'subspecies'? --173.176.62.183 (talk) 22:57, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * and my question is what distinguished this subspecies from the rest of the species. That should be in this article. Victorian Mutant (Talk) 10:51, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Just a question or request to a mammologist that has the credentials to help here: Could a phylogenetic tree with current world wide population estimates and any other salient data be provided for all rhinos? This could be valuable to raise awareness of other subspecies status. (I apologize if this request is not appropriate. I am very new to Wikipedia and just want to raise awareness on important issues, not cause them.) — Preceding [ I found this scanned document of the Phylogeny of living species of Rinoceros. It is fascinating and disturbing given the short list of subspecies within this subfamily. But I am not an expert in the field and know this could help. Phylogeny of the living species of Rhinoceros www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/pdf_files/117/1178933911.pdf

Not to be redundant but to make it easier to see this request to a mammologist: Could we add a phylogenetic tree with current world wide population estimates and any other salient data be provided for all rhinos? This could be valuable to raise awareness of other subspecies status. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.166.85.55 (talk) 17:11, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

- Block all www.rhinoresourcecenter.com results

Picture
Is it possible to get a picture of what one looked like when it was alive? Van Vidrine (talk) 13:44, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

I found one, but I don't know how to add it. :S --159.81.72.11 (talk) 10:38, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Is it free? FunkMonk (talk) 11:36, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Nonsensical statement
"No animals are known to be held in captivity, however it is believed that around 20-30 are being kept for breeding purposes". This statement makes no sense.Eregli bob (talk) 03:25, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Exactly. Not sure what's going on, but haven't looked at the sources either. FunkMonk (talk) 21:29, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

yeah super strange — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.203.19.21 (talk) 01:19, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

News Repeat
For some reason, the news about the extinction of this subspecies seems to pop up in social media every once in a while and sometimes causes confusion as to when it went extinct. A recent mistake by several news sources has also led people to believe that it went extinct on November 7, 2013, but the truth is that it went extinct in 2011. I corrected the mistake about extinction date but I think it's something that will require correcting again on the future, so keep that in mind. I also cleaned a couple of repeated sources. MiltonFitzgeraldSa 22:01, November 12, 2013 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Black rhino extinction
The "extinction" article has some overlap with this article, but also goes into more detail about the decline of the subspecies. McGeddon (talk) 11:48, 5 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Support Black rhino extinction is written in an unsuitable essay-type style and would in any case be in need of extensive condensing and rewriting. The material could well be sifted and used to create an extended decline/extinction section in Western black rhinoceros.-- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 13:20, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Support - no other animal has a separate article about it's extinction, and there is no reason they should have. Also, the name is incorrect, it is not the black rhino species that is extinct, but a subspecie sof it. FunkMonk (talk) 13:38, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Strong Support for all reasons stated above. <> Alt lys er svunnet hen (talk) 00:22, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Support This article is almost exclusively about the Western Black Rhino and mainly just repeats what is in the main article on that subspecies The Proffesor (talk) 17:34, 30 October 2016 (UTC)