Dale, S.F. 2004. The Garden of Eight Paradises: Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia, Afghanistan and India (1483-1530). Leiden, Brill.
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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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Buel, J.W. 1884. The world’s wonders, as seen by the great tropical and polar explorers. St. Louis, Historical Publishing Co.
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Rookmaaker, L.C.; Rhino Resource Center; Ziegler, D.; Monson, J.; Strien, W. van; Athanassiou, A.; Billia, E.M.E. 2021. New literature in the Rhino Resource Center. Electronic Newsletter of the Rhino Resource Center no. 62 (March): 1-19.
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Zeuner, F.E. 1961. Faunal evidence for Pleistocene climates. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 95 (Art. 1): 502-507.
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Senior, R.; Amoroso, E.C. 1957. The birth of an Indian rhinoceros calf at Whipsnade. Veterinary Record 69 (49): 1122.
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Du Toit, R.; Kluge, E.B. 1947. The Tsetse fly problem and its control in South Africa. Veterinary Record 59 (41): 569-574.
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Lock, J.A.; Harthoorn, A.M. 1959. The use of succinylcholine chloride (suxamethonium chloride) for the control and management of wild animals. Veterinary Record 71 (43): 919-920.
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Thomson, J.K.; Priestley, F.W.; Polding, J.B. 1949. Enteritis of a White rhinoceros associated with Pseudomonas pyocyanea. Veterinary Record 61 (24): 341.
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International Rhino Foundation (IRF) 2026. Newsletter: Something big is coming | SRS: Sedah Mirah turned 4 | Empowering Artisans in Assam | A new look for rhino research | New Series: The Women Saving the World’s Rarest Rhinos | Rhino news. Newsletter March 2026: 1-6.
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Chit Sein; Tin Thein 2013. A new record of Chalicotherium from the Irrawaddy Formation in Migyaungye Area, Magway Region. Universities Research Journal 6 (5): 207-218.
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Ingole, V.T.; Lad, P.; Patil, S.; Hirurkar, P.S.; Wadatkar, J.S. 2026. Ambadevi rock shelters: evidence of early representational art from the late pleistocene (c. 35,000 BCE). International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research 8 (2): 1-8.
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A book by Kees Rookmaaker with chapters by Joachim K. Bautze and Kelly Enright.Are rhinos aggressive?
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.
Learn more about rhinos