Daubenton, L.J.M. 1764. Description du rhinocéros. In: Buffon & Daubenton, Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. Paris, Imprimerie Royale. pp. 198-203, pls. 7, 8.
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Daubenton, L.J.M. 1764. Description du Rhinocéros. In: Buffon & daubenton, Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. Paris, Imprimerie Royale. pp. 198-203, pls. 7, 8.
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Douwe Mout 1749. Newborn child resembling rhinoceros in Paris. Kurtz-gefasster historischer Nachrichten zum Behuf der neuern europäischen Begebenheiten 1749 (33) August: 656.
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Linck, O. 1952. Ein Einhorn-fund bei Niederhofen. Schwäbische Heimat 3 (4): 181-184. doi.org/10.53458/80kjxe86
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Duplessis, G. 1881. Inventaire de la collection d’estampes relatives à l’histoire de France, léguée en 1863 à la Bibliothèque nationale par M. Michel Hennin, vol. 3. Paris, Alph. Picard.
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Granger, M.; Long, B.; Hudson, M.A.; Barnes, P.A.; Hansford, J.P.; Brook, S.M.; Groenenberg, M.; Sharma, A.; Mahmud, R.; Khairani, K.O.; Sectionov, I.; Steinmetz, R.; I-Ting Tu; Ma, H.; Turvey, S.T. 2026. Historical baselines reveal suitable conservation landscapes for Javan and Sumatran rhinoceros. Current Biology 2026 - in press: 1-12. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.001
Biasetti, P.; Hildebrandt, T.B.; Seet, S.; Stejskal, J.; Giardullo, P.; Goeritz, F.; Holtze, S.; Galli, C.; Stastny, M.; Mori, B. de 2026. Perceptions of assisted reproductive technologies in wildlife conservation: Public expectations and ethical implications across three EU countries. PLoS One 21(2): e0342094: 1-21. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342094
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Johnsingh, A.J.T.; Pandey, N. 2025. Kaziranga, the pride of India. Hornbill (Mumbai) 2025 (2) April-June : 8-14.
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Rookmaaker, L.C.; Rhino Resource Center; Billia, E.M.E.; Ziegler, D.; Monson, J.; Athanassiou, A. 2026. New literature in the Rhino Resource Center. Electronic Newsletter of the Rhino Resource Center no. 80 (March): 1-26.
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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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