Palit, R. 2026. How rhinos helped shape Kaziranga’s grasslands. Nature India News feature: 17 March 2026: 1-4. doi.org/10.1038/d44151-026-00051-7
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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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Zacke Auction 2026. Fine Asian Art, Buddhism and Hinduism: astrological illustrations of Ketu and Radhu. Auction 16 April 2026 Lot 237: 1-2.
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Ndlovu, L.; Marshal, J.P.; Goot, A.C. van der; Mueller, H.P. 2026. Resource variability and survival of black and white rhinoceroses at Lapalala Wilderness Nature Reserve. African Journal of Wildlife Research 56: 35-52 [with supplementary material]. doi.org/10.3957/056.056.0035
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Jacob-Friesen, K.H. 1912. Die Einhornhöhle bei Scharzfeld kreis Osterode a. Harz. Führer zu urgeschichtlichen Fundstätten Niedersachsens 2: 1-32.
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Longuet, M.; Zin Maung Maung Thein; Thaung Htike; Man-Thit-Nyein; Takai, Masanaru 2023. New fossil remains of Rhinocerotidae (Perissodactyla) from the early Late Miocene Tebingan area, central Myanmar. Historical Biology 36 (8): 1468–1481. doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2023.2218873
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Zin Maung Maung Thein; Thaung Htike; Maung Maung 2014. Fossil rhinoceroses of Myanmar. Journal of the Myanmar Academy of Arts and Sciences 12 (6): 99-112.
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Saegusa, H.; Ratanasthien, B.; Nakaya, H. 2000. A new Miocene mammalian locality, Mae Soi and the occurrence of partial skeletons of rhinocerotids and gomophotheres from northern Thailand. Asian Paleoprimatology (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University) 1: 137-147.
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Takai, M.; Saegusa, H.; Thaung Htike; Zin Maung Maung Thein 2006. Neogene mammalian fauna in Myanmar. Asian Paleoprimatology (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University) 4: 143-172.
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Nakaya, H. 1994. Faunal change of late Miocene Africa and Eurasia: mammalian fauna from The Namurungule Formation, Samburu Hills, Northern Kenya. African Study Monographs Supplement 20: 1-112.
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Nakaya, H.; Pickford, M.; Nakano, Y.; Ishida, H. 1984. The late Miocene large mammal fauna from the Namurungule formation, Samburu Hills, Northern Kenya. African Study Monographs Supplementary issue 2: 87-131.
Raman, S. 2025. Rhino breeder John Hume accused of horn trafficking, arrested in South Africa. www.mongabay.com 21 August 2025: 1-2. news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/rhino-breeder-john-hume-accused-of-horn-trafficking-arrested-in-south-africa/
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Ghosh, S.; Sarkar, U.; Kour, S.; Bhattacharyya, S.; Nandy, S. 2026. Greater one-horned rhino habitat risk mapping due to flood using google earth engine for informed conservation management in Assam. EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-19513 2026: 1. doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-19513
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Njeru, G. 2021. Hope of saving rhino from extinction remains alive. New Scientist 23 January 2021: 16.
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Truscott, R. 2023. Huge project to release 2000 white rhinos across Africa. New Scientist 16 September 2023: 12.
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Rhinos have been roaming the Earth for over 50 million years, making them one of the oldest living mammal species. Their ancestors once resembled large tapirs and evolved into the massive creatures we see today.
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