Athanassiou, A. 2018. Pleistocene vertebrates from the Kyparíssia lignite mine, Megalopolis Basin, S. Greece: Rodentia, Carnivora, Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Ruminantia. Quaternary International 497: 198-221.
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Despite their fearsome reputation and ability to charge at 50 kilometres per hour, rhinos are not naturally aggressive animals. They're more accurately described as defensive, preferring to be left alone to graze peacefully.
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Antunes, M.T.; Cardoso, J.L. 2000. Gruta Nova da Columbeira, Gruta das Salemas and Gruta da Figueira Brava: stratigraphy, and chronology of the Pleistocene deposits. Memorias da Academia das Ciencias de Lisboa: Classe de Ciencias 38: 23-67.
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Alberdi, M.T.; Jimenez, E.; Mazo, A.V.; Morales, J.; Sese, C.; Soria, D. 1984. Paleontología y biostratigrafía de los yacimientos villafranquienses de Las Higueruelas y Valverde de Calatrava II (Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real). I Reunión Regional de Castilla – La Mancha, Albacete 5: 255-277.
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Ambrosetti, P.; Bartolomei, G.; Giuli, C. de; Ficcarelli, G.; Torre, D. 1979. 1979 La breccia ossifera di Slivia (Aurisina-Sistiana) nel Carso di Trieste. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 18: 207-220.
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Antunes, M.T.; Mein, P. 1977. Contributions à la paléontologie du Miocène moyen continental du bassin du Tage. III. Mammifères. Povoa de Santarém, Pero Filho et Choes. Conclusions générales. Ciencias da Terra (UNL) 3: 143-165.
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Andreolotti, S.; Benussi, B.; Melato, M.; Stradi, F. 1968. Resti di una fauna del Pleistocene medio, tra cui un ippopotamo e rinoceronte, in una breccia ossifera presso Slivia (Carso triestino). Atti e Memorie della Commissione Grotte Eugenio Boegan 7: 129-130.
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Antunes, M.T. 1960. Notes sur la géologie et la paléontologie du Miocène de Lisbonne. 1: Stratigraphie et faunes de mammifères terrestres. Boletim de la Sociedade geológica de Portugal 13 (3): 257-267.
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Ault du Mesnil, G. de; Mortillet, G. de; Acy, E. de; Tardy, C. 1896. Dents de rhinocéros: discussion sur la Terrasse de Villefranche. Bulletin de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris 7: 37-48.
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Angeli d’Ossat, G. de 1896. Il Rhinoceros (Coelodonta) etruscus Falc. nella provincia romana. Atti dell’Accademia Gioenia di Scienze naturali di Catania (s.4) 9: 1-9.
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Aymard, A. 1853. Ossements fossiles. Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Sciences, Arts et Commerce du Puy 18: 51-54.
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Parildar, O.K.; Kırmızıoglu, P.G. 2025. A reassessment of the late Miocene Rhinocerotidae of Anatolia based on recent fossil evidence. Istanbul Anthropological Review 2025 (5): 1-11. doi.org/10.26650/IAR2025-1756988
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Robin des Bois 2026. Notes on rhinoceros poaching. On the Trail (Information and analysis bulletin on animal poaching and smuggling) no. 49: 26-28.
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Robin des Bois 2026. Information sur braconnage des rhinoceros. A La Trace (Bulletin d’information et d’analyses sur le braconnage et la contrebande d’animaux) no. 49: 26-28.
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Rookmaaker, L.C.; Rhino Resource Center 2026. New literature in the Rhino Resource Center. Electronic Newsletter of the Rhino Resource Center no. 82 (September): 1-19.
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