圣地亚哥一头北方白犀牛死亡目前世界仅存五头_社会生活

圣地亚哥一头北方白犀牛死亡目前世界仅存五头

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2014-12-17 07:48 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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A northern white rhino¹ has died at a zoo in San Diego, leaving only five such kind of species worldwide.

一头北方白犀牛近日死于圣地亚哥一座动物园中，致使全世界存活的该物种仅剩下五头。

San Diego Zoo Safari Park announces that Angalifu, one of six remaining northern white rhinos in the world, died on December 14, 2014.

Angalifu, 44, died of old age last Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

He was one of a handful of northern white rhinos left worldwide, including a few at a wildlife conservation area in Kenya.

There are no known northern white rhinos left in the wild.

Northern white rhinos and southern white rhinos are different subspecies genetically⁴.

Last year, the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the northern white rhino as "teetering on the brink⁵ of extinction⁶."

Rhinos are killed by poachers almost exclusively for their horns, which sell for tens of thousands of dollars.

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1 rhino
n.犀牛，钱, 现金
参考例句：
The rhino charged headlong towards us.犀牛急速地向我们冲来。 They have driven the rhino to the edge of extinction.他们已经令犀牛濒临灭绝。

2 safari
n.远征旅行(探险、考察)；探险队，狩猎队
参考例句：
When we go on safari we like to cook on an open fire.我们远行狩猎时，喜欢露天生火做饭。 They went on safari searching for the rare black rhinoceros.他们进行探险旅行，搜寻那稀有的黑犀牛。

3 rhinos
n.犀牛（rhino的复数形式）
参考例句：
There are many reports of people taming and even training Indian rhinos. 有许多关于人们驯养甚至训练印度犀牛的记载。来自辞典例句 The rhinos had fed during the night in the rice fields of these villagers. 犀牛夜里在这些村民的庄稼地里也已吃饱了。来自辞典例句

4 genetically
adv.遗传上
参考例句：
All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。 Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物

5 brink
n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿
参考例句：
The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。 The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

6 extinction
n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种
参考例句：
The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。 The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。