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Suzuki Rhino Club (Holland) 2022. Rhino memoires: 15 kleurrijke verhalen, 15 jaar Suzuki Rhino Club (jubileumuitgave). Vianen, SSRC. pp. 1-105.
Roscam Abbing, M. 2021. Brazilië zien zonder de oceaaan over te steken. De wandtapijten van Johan Maurits. Amsterdam, Uitgeverij Lias. pp. 1-192.
Hollman, S.C. 1753. De rhinocerotum ossibus in Praefectura Hertzbergensi repertis. Commentarii Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis 2: xix-xx.
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Brueckmann, F.E. 1751. Nachricht von einigen, im Fürstenthum Grubenhagen entdeckten, Knochen eines unbekannten Thiers. Braunschweigische Anzeigen 1751, no. 64: 1289-1292.
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Raman, S. 2026. Chinese court cases reveal most trafficked rhino horns come from Southern Africa. www.mongabay.com 21 April 2026: 1-12.
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Jumbe, B. 2026. Decades after poaching drove them extinct, rhinos are back in the wild in Uganda. www.mongabay.com 31 March 2026: 1-4.
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Bhattacharya, S.; Gupta, M. 2026. Reviving Dudhwa’s food-grass, one blade at a time. Sanctuary Asia 2026 April: 64-67.
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Stejskal, J. 2024. Presun nosorožce dvourohých do Rwandy. Annual Report of Dvur Kralove Zoo 2024: 123-127.
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Stejskal, J. 2024. Záchrana nosorožce tuponosých severních. Annual Report of Dvur Kralove Zoo 2024: 118-123.
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Culik, L.; Hruby, J. 2024. Kopytnici [rhinos in zoo]. Annual Report of Dvur Kralove Zoo 2024: 88-95.
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Kandi, N. 2025. Fossil bones of archaeological Level A of El Kherba Oldowan site (Sétif, Eastern Algeria): a zooarchaeological study. Journal of letters and Social Sciences 2025: 102-112.
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Woodcock, L.; Mancini, T.; Ringe, J.; Frascione, N. 2025. Using fingermark powders and lifters on rhino horn to support anti-poaching efforts. Science and Justice 65 (5): 1-10. doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2025.101310
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Leal Teixeira, R.A. 2025. Ancient DNA screening of rhinoceros species at Denisova Cave. Thesis presented to the University of Lisbon, Portugal. pp. 1-61.
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Borrani, A.; Mackiewicz, P.; Kovalchuk, O.; Barkaszi, Z.; Capalbo, C.; Dubikovska, A.; Ratajczak-Skrzatek, U.; Sinitsa, M.; Stefaniak, K.; Mazza, P. 2025. The evolutionary history of Rhinocerotidae: phylogenetic insights and climate influences. Cladistics 2025: 1-17. doi.org/10.1111/cla.70015
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