  04 July 2004 | News story   This new book is a major
achievement, updating current scientific knowledge on the status
and threats facing the country's mammals, whilst highlighting
the species in greatest danger of becoming extinct. It also
makes recommendations for the strategic conservation and
management of threatened mammals and their habitats. Undoubtedly
a major milestone in South African mammal conservation, it has
been possible thanks to the hard work of nearly 90 of the
country's mammal specialists over the past two years.  Of the
295 mammal species and sub-species evaluated, 57 (19 %) are
considered to be threatened in South Africa, because they were
assigned to one of the three "at risk of extinction" categories.
* 10 species, including seven endemic species, have been
classified as Critically Endangered (considered to face an
extremely high risk of extinction in the wild):  Black
rhinoceros - arid ecotype Diceros bicornis bicornis De Winton's
golden mole Cryptochloris wintoni Juliana's golden mo