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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: Fauna & Flora - Northern white rhino. | Nov 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Genomic map of the functionally extinct northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni). | Aug 13, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Proceedings B - Contrasting evolutionary history, anthropogenic declines and genetic contact in the northern and southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). | Jul 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Genomic map of the functionally extinct northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni). | Jun 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: South African National Biodiversity Institute - Square-lipped rhinoceros. | Jan 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Evaluating recovery potential of the northern white rhinoceros from cryopreserved somatic cells. | Oct 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - Just two northern white rhinos remain. The species? first IVF pregnancy could save them from extinction. | Aug 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Washington Post - Scientific breakthrough may save northern white rhino through surrogacy. | May 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fauna & Flora - Northern white rhino. | Jul 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Evaluating recovery potential of the northern white rhinoceros from cryopreserved somatic cells. | May 28, 2023 | ||
| Article title changed from “white rhinoceros” to “northern white rhinoceros.” Article revised and updated. | Mar 25, 2022 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 24, 2021 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 28, 2020 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 08, 2019 | ||
| Noted that the last remaining male northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) died in 2018. | Mar 21, 2018 | ||
| Text added changing the population of the northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) to three individuals. | Nov 23, 2015 | ||
| Text added changing the population of the northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) to four individuals. | Jul 29, 2015 | ||
| Photo of northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) added. | Jan 16, 2015 | ||
| Text added noting the decline in the population of the northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) to five indviduals and that the northern and southern (Ceratotherium simum simum) subspecies could be species in their own right. | Dec 15, 2014 | ||
| Revised to reflect the July 2011 secession of South Sudan and changed "Congo (Kinshasa)" to "Democratic Republic of the Congo." | Mar 23, 2012 | ||
| New article added. | Apr 24, 2009 |
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