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Ignoring species hybrids in the IUCN Red List assessments for African elephants may bias conservation policy

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  1. Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Hans Bauer & Claudio Sillero-Zubiri

  2. Evolutionary Ecology Group, Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Hans Bauer

  3. Laboratory for Applied Ecology, Natural Resource Conservation, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin

    Aristide Comlan Tehou

  4. Department of HydroSciences and Environment, University Iba Der Thiam, Thiès, Sénégal

    Mallé Gueye

  5. Direction de la Faune, de la Chasse et des Parcs et Réserves, Ministère de l’Environnement de la Salubrité Urbaine et du Développement Durable, Niamey, Niger

    Hamissou Garba

  6. Direction de la Faune et des Chasses, Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

    Benoit Doamba

  7. National Parks Directorate, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Dakar, Senegal

    Djibril Diouck

  8. The Born Free Foundation, Horsham, UK

    Claudio Sillero-Zubiri

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Bauer, H., Tehou, A.C., Gueye, M. et al. Ignoring species hybrids in the IUCN Red List assessments for African elephants may bias conservation policy. Nat Ecol Evol 5, 1050–1051 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01491-3

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