World’s First IVF Rhino Pregnancy

January 31, 2024

GS Paper III Biodiversity & Environment

Context:

Scientists in Berlin, Germany announced the first successful embryo transfer in a white rhinoceros through in vitro fertilization (IVF).

World First IVF Rhino Pregnancy For White Rhinos

They created a rhino embryo in the lab and successfully transferred it into a surrogate mother, using southern white rhinos, a closely related sub-species.

About White Rhinoceros

The white rhinoceros includes two distinct subspecies, northern and southern.
Habitat: Grasslands and Savanna woodlands of Africa
Reason for Decline in Population: Northern white rhinos were once found across central Africa, but illegal poaching, fuelled by the demand for rhino horn, wiped out the wild population.

Features	White Rhino	Indian Rhino
Scientific Name	Ceratotherium simum	Rhinoceros unicornis
Habitat	South Africa and grasslands of savannas	Asia Grasslands and riverine forests of India and Nepal
Conservation status	Northern White Rhino: Critically Endangered Southern White Rhino: Near Threatened	Vulnerable

Also Read: Kaziranga Rhino

News Source: BBC

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