Rhino Resource Center

Welcome to the world's largest online rhinoceros library dedicated to assisting research and conservation efforts globally.

Far from being solitary brutes, rhinos display surprising social intelligence. They communicate through an elaborate system of scent marks, vocalisations, and shared middens (dung piles) that serve as community message boards.

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The Rhino Image Library

The Rhino Image Library provides 7419 rhino related images.

Schneider 1882 unicornis

Schneider 1882 bicornis

Joly 1870 Afrique

Joly Carte Asie

Krakow, Ulica Grodska no. 38

Ulica Grodska, Krakow, Poland

Clara in Munich 1746 broadsheet

Clara in Regensburg 1746

Middelburg 1756 Clara

Horse and Groom London 1756

Franck 1934 Java

Encyclopaedia 1911 White rhino charging

Encyclopaedia 1911 End of black rhino

Giant Animals 1908

Straessle 1905 Nashorn

Reinicke 1901 sick bed

Reinicke 1901 Lion judge

Reinicke 1901 Fight

Reinicke 1901 Two parties

Spillmann 1897 African hunt

Spillmann 1897 Lions

Bromme 1867 Italian

Bromme 1853 African rhino

Handbuch 1850 one-horned

Bromme 1846 two-horned

Bromme 1847 one-horned

Neu eröffnete Bilder-Schule 1735

Tapestry Cheval Rayé – Getty Museum

Nouvelles Indes – Cheval rayé

Tapestry Cheval Rayé – Louvre

Anciennes Indes – Cheval Rayé

Sam. Daniell 1801 Africa

Sam. Daniell: South Africa

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The Rhino Document Library

The Rhino Document Library contains a total of 29757 references.

Hu, Haiqian; Tong, Haowen; Han Fei; (and many others) 2025. Chronological and palaeoecological insights into the Dayakou fauna in Yanjinggou, Chongqing, China: Responses to the early-middle Pleistocene climate transistion. Quaternary Science Reviews 352 (109199): 1-15. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109199

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Oertle, A.; (and many others) 2025. New insights from the application of ZooMS to late Pleistocene fauna from Grotta di Castelcivita, southern Italy. Scientific Reports 15 (25906): 1-17. doi.org/10.1038/s415898-025-11355-6

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Bellucci, L.; Palombo, M.R.; DeMiguel, D.; Strani, F.; Alberdi, M.T. 2021. New taxonomical, biochronological and paleoenvironmental data from the Middle Pleistocene site of Cullar de Baza 1 (Granada, Spain). Quaternary Science Reviews 261 (106932): 1-16. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106932

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Khenzykhenova, F.; Danukalova, G.A.; Dorofeyuk, N.; Shchetnikov, A.; Bazarova, V. 2021. Paleoenvironmental and climatic changes during the late Glacial and Holocene in the Mongolia and Baikal region: a review. Quaternary International 605-606: 300-328. doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.04.038

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Stewart, M.; Peters, C.; Ziegler, M.J.; Carleton, W.C.; Roberts, P.; Boivin, N.; Groucutt, H.S. 2025. The state of the late Quaternary megafaunal extinction debate: a systematic review and analysis. Frontiers in Mammal Science 4: 1-27. doi.org/10.3389/fmamm.2025.1678231

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Shpansky, A.V. 2024. Stratigraphic distribution of large Quaternary mammals in the territory of the West Siberian plain. Geosphere Research 2024 (1): 90-120, 12 figures. doi.org/10.17223/25421379/30/6

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Petronio, C.; Salari, L. 2021. Fossil remains of Villafranchian mammals from Frattaguida (Parrano. Terni, central Italy). Revue de Paleobiologie, Geneve 40 (1) July: 199-209.

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Rolfo, M.F.; Fiore, I.; Gatta, M.; Ceruleo, P.; Di Mario, F.; Ferracci, A.; Petronio, C.; Salari, L. 2025. The cave hyaena den of Grotta Guattari (San Felice Circeo, central Italy): first faunal and environmental data from the MIS 4 deposit. Comptes Rendus Palevol 24 (10): 159-189, 16 figures, 13 tabs.

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Chen Xi; Moigne, A.M. 2018. Rhinoceros (Stephanorhinus hemitoechus) exploitation in Level F at the Caune de l’Arago (Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, France) during MIS 12. International Journal of Osteoarcheology 28 (6): 699-680. doi.org/10./002/oa.2682

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Wang Hai-Bing; Bin Bai; Jin Meng; Wang Yuan-Qing 2016. Earliest known unequivocal rhinocerotid sheds new light on the origin of Giant Rhinos and the phylogeny of early rhinocerotids. Scientific Reports 6 (39607): 1-9, 4 figures. doi.org/10.1038/srep39607

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Sahgal, B. 1984. Rhino rumpus [Dudhwa]. Sanctuary Asia 4 (3): 293.

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Herford, O. 1984. The rhinoceros [poem and illustrations]. Sanctuary Asia 4 (3): 283.

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Singh, Samar; Chandola, A. 1984. A flight of rhinos [from Assam to Dudhwa]. Sanctuary Asia 4 (3): 250-260, frontcover.

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Daniel, J.C.; Gee, E.P.; Gaur, R. K. 1999. The last lap to extinction. Hornbill (Mumbai) 1999 (1): 2-3, 16, 2 figures.

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Daniel, J.C.; Hussain, S.A.; Serrao, J.S. 1989. Stork arrives in rhino village (Dudhwa). Hornbill (Mumbai) 1989 (3): 13, 1 figure.

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Black Rhino

Southern White Rhino

Nile Rhino

Greater One-horned Rhino

Javan Rhino

Sumatran Rhino

Fossil Rhino

Rhino collections

Carino Database

East Asian and West African Rhinos.

Galleria of Emilio Gargioni

Rhino Depictions In Contemporary Modern Art.

Geraads Fossil Rhino Database

Old World Neogene and Quaternary rhino-bearing localities.

History of Clara

Clara the Rhinoceros tells the marvellous story of the most famous rhinoceros in history.

Announcements

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The Rhinoceros of South Asia – DISCOUNT

A book by Kees Rookmaaker with chapters by Joachim K. Bautze and Kelly Enright.

Rhinos are ecological engineers

By creating paths, wallows, and dispersing seeds through their dung, rhinos shape entire ecosystems. A single white rhino can produce 20 kilograms of dung daily, fertilising the landscape and spreading plant seeds.

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Black Rhino

Southern White Rhino

Nile Rhino

Greater One-horned Rhino

Javan Rhino

Sumatran Rhino

Fossil Rhino

Rhino Resource Center

Rhinos have complex social lives

The Rhino Image Library

The Rhino Document Library

Black Rhino

Southern White Rhino

Nile Rhino

Greater One-horned Rhino

Javan Rhino

Sumatran Rhino

Fossil Rhino

Rhinos are ecological engineers