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Langer, M., 1959. Betina, the Sumatran rhinoceros at the Basel Zoo, Switzerland. International Zoo News 6 (4) Oct-Dec: front cover, 1 image
Jorgensen, B. et al., 1959. The Jubilee of the Copenhagen Zoo. International Zoo News 6 (4) Oct-Dec: 125-126
Avedik. A. et al., 2023. Avoiding the lockdown: Morphological facilitation of transverse chewing movements in mammals. Journal of Morphology 284, e21554: 1-11, 8 figures, https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21554
Schwarzenberger, F., 2007. The many uses of non-invasive faecal steroid monitoring in zoo and wildlife species. International Zoo Yearbook 41 (Jul): 52-74, 1 table, DOI:10.1111/j.1748-1090.2007.00017x.
Baquedano, E. et al., 2023. A symbolic Neanderthal accumulation of large herbivore crania. Nature Human Behavior 26 Jan 2023 with extended data and supplementary material: 1-23, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01503-7
Pandolfi, L., 2023. Reassessing the phylogeny of Quaternary Eurasian Rhinocerotidae. Journal of Quaternary Science 2023 : 1-4, 3 figures, DOI:10.1002/jqs.3496
Metrione, L. C., 2010. Relationships of Social Behavior and the Captive Environment to Reproduction in Female Southern White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum). Dissertation presented in partial fufillment of the requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of the Ohio University: 1-232
Mulama, M.J.S, 2014. Habitat selection and distribution of Southern White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum Burchell 1817) translocated to Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya . Doctoral thesis submitted in partial fufillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Studies of University of Eldoret, Kenya: 1-107
Utari, E. et al., 2022. Diversity of large mammals in Ujung Kulon National Park. Indonesian Journal of Biology Education 5 (2): 19-31, 9 figs, 6 tabs, http://dx.doi.org/10.31002/ijobe.5i2.5991
Reid, C.E. et al., 2012. Analysis of the European captive Southern White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) using the International Studbook for the African White rhinoceros 2001-2004 and integrating reproductive health findings. International Zoo Yearbook 46 : 209-212, 4 figs, 3 tabs, DOI:10.1111/j.1748-1090.2011.00164.x
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