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Rhino Resource Center

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

Rhino Resource Center

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Rhinos have complex social lives

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 Document Library

The Rhino Document Library contains a total of 30025 references.

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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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Book
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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Meyer, H.J. 1850. Das große Conversations-Lexicon für die gebildeten Stände. Zweite Abtheilung: O bis Z. – Band 5: Pugnani – Robespierre. Hildburghausen, Bibliographisches Institut.
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International Rhino Keeper Association 2026. Various notes / Corder and Pukazhenthi, Browse to bloodstream / Ryan Taylor, Milwaukee County Zoo’s new habitat / Sedah Mirah. The Crash Spring 2025: 1-12.
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Diedrich, C.G. 2025. Zoolithen Cave (Germany) – Pleistocene cave bear / hyena / wolf den, and Celtic burial site. Tanusstein, Paleologic Books. pp. 1-428 (FamousPlanet EarthCaves, vol. 3).
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Voigt, F.S. 1786. Ueber einige physikalische Merkwürdigkeiten der Gegend von Burgtonna im Herzogsthum Gotha, nebst einigen zufälligen Gedanken über die Veränderungen unsrer Erdflache. Magazin für das Neueste aus der Physik und Naturgeschichte 3 (4): 1-19.
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Mouhot, H. 1868. Voyage dans les royaumes de Siam, de Cambodge, de Laos et autres parties centrales de l’IndoChine. Relation extraite du journal et de la correspondance de l’auteur. Paris, L. Hachette et Cie. pp. i-viii, 1-335.
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Burleson, L. 2026. NHM London: Giving our rhinos a glow up. Blog of Natural History Museum, London.
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Rhino collections
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Carino Database

East Asian and West African Rhinos.
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Galleria of Emilio Gargioni

Rhino Depictions In Contemporary Modern Art.
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Geraads Fossil Rhino Database

Old World Neogene and Quaternary rhino-bearing localities.
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History of Clara

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

All newsletters from the start in 2005 were edited and composed by Dr. Kees Rookmaaker, Editor of the Rhino Resource Center.
Announcements
Announcement

Our new website is now online

The Rhino Resource Centre has unveiled its completely redesigned website.
Announcement

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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