Symbiosis between the Java']Javan rhinoceros and slender-billed crow: A novel inferred cleaning mutualism

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作者：

Stone, Montana M. ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Afriandi, Herry ^{[4
]}

Suwanda, Firmanto Noviar ^{[4
]}

Andono, Ardi ^{[4
]}

Mahmud, Rois ^{[5
]}

Khairani, Oktavia K. ^{[5
]}

Clark, Anne B. ^{[6
]}

Webster, Michael ^{[7
]}

Mcgowan, Kevin ^{[7
]}

Radcliffe, Robin W. ^{[8
]}

机构：

[1] Cornell Univ, Coll Arts & Sci, Ithaca, NY USA

[2] Brown Univ, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Providence, RI USA

[3] Asian Rhinoceros Special Species Grp, Int Union Conservat Nat, Gland, Switzerland

[4] Ujung Kulon Natl Pk, Ujungjaya, Banten, Indonesia

[5] Alliance Integrated Forest Conservat, Bogor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

[6] SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY USA

[7] Cornell Univ, Cornell Lab Ornithol, Ithaca, NY USA

[8] Cornell Univ, Coll Vet Med, Cornell Conservat Med Program, 602 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

来源：

ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION | 2024年 / 14卷 / 09期

关键词：

behavioral convergent evolution; cleaning mutualism; novel symbiosis; rhinoceros conservation; NATIONAL-PARK; OXPECKERS; RHINOS; BIRDS;

D O I：

10.1002/ece3.70224

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Over the past century, the Javan rhinoceroses' (Rhinoceros sondaicus) secluded nature and low population size have led to a gap in knowledge of their ecology. With fewer than 80 individuals surviving in a single population in West Java, Indonesia, the Javan rhinoceros is one of the most critically endangered mammals in the world. As part of a pilot bioacoustics study of the Javan rhinoceros in 2019, we systematically reviewed camera trap footage from the core Javan rhinoceros range in Ujung Kulon National Park (UKNP). In doing so, we discovered a previously unknown interaction between the Javan rhinoceros and the slender-billed crow (Corvus enca), in which the crow finds and eats ectoparasites from the rhinoceros (Figure 1). We describe this interaction and suggest that it may represent a cleaning mutualism with benefits for both the crow and the rhinoceros. As part of a pilot bioacoustics study of the Javan rhinoceros in 2019, we systematically reviewed camera trap footage from the core Javan rhinoceros range in Ujung Kulon National Park (UKNP) and discovered a previously unknown interaction between the Javan rhinoceros and the slender-billed crow (Corvus enca), in which the crow finds and eats ectoparasites from the rhinoceros (Figure 1). We describe this interaction, investigate it through an ecological and evolutionary lens, and suggest that it may represent a cleaning mutualism with conservation benefits for both the crow and the rhinoceros.image

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