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Parasites are ecological dark matter – and they need protecting

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par Timothy Brown, PhD Candidate, Extinction Studies, University of Leeds
Andrew Cunningham, Professor of Wildlife Epidemiology & Deputy Director of Science, Zoological Society of London
Simon Goodman, Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, University of Leeds

The two species of African rhinoceros are conservation icons. Large, charismatic, and vitally important for their ecosystems, to lose either species would be a devastating blow.

But what of their parasites? If the black and white rhinoceros went extinct, so too would four species of host-specific tick that call the rhinos their home – should we not also be worried about their extinction?

This provocative question was first raised over 30 years ago and presents…

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