Rookmaaker, L.C. 2026. Rhinoceroses exhibited in the People’s Park of Madras. Zoos Print 41 (7): 5-6, fig. 1.
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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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Jaeger, G.F. 1835. Ueber die fossilen Säugethiere, welche in Würtemberg aufgefunden worden sind. Stuttgart, Carl Erhard. pp. i-iv, 1-71, pls. 1-14.
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Kaup, J.J. 1841. Akten der Urwelt oder Osteologie der urweltlichen Säugethiere und Amphibien. Darmstadt, Verlag des Herausgebers. pp. i-x, 1-54, pls. 1-14.
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Pfaff, K. 1840. Geschichte der Reichstadt Esslingen. Nach Archivalurkunden u.a. bewährten Quellen. Esslingen am Neckar, Dannheimer. pp. 1-480.
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Mathew, J. 2025. Writing zoological natural history for British India. Oxford University Press. pp. i-xxi, 1-389.
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Ward, Rowland 1989. Records of big game, XXII edition. San Antonio TX, Rowland Ward Publications (Division of Game Conservation International).
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Avrithis, A.I.; Giaourtsakis, I.X.; Roussiakis, S.; Koskeridou, E. 2026. New data on the villafranchian vertebrate fauna of Kos Island (Dodecanese, Greece) from a historical collection. Proceedings 23rd conference of EAVP, Vilnius, Lithuania - Abstracts 2026: 64.
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Perez Hernandes, N.; Brusatte, S.; Cirilli, O.; Iurino, D.A.; Jin Meng; Robson, S.V.; Wible, J.R.; Bertrand, O.C. 2026. Virtual endocasts of Hyrachyus modestus and the neurosensory evolution of early Rhinocerotoidea. Proceedings 23rd conference of EAVP, Vilnius, Lithuania - Abstracts 2026: 71.
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Anderson, H.E.; Thiangtham, T.; Suraprasit, K. 2026. Taphonomic evidence for the southernmost pleistocene hyena denning and cannibalism in Asia: Yai Ruak cave, peninsular Thailand. Proceedings 23rd conference of EAVP, Vilnius, Lithuania - Abstracts 2026: 85.
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Ogilvie, J.H. 1961. A bibliography of Le Vaillant’s Voyages and Oiseaux d’Afrique. Johannesburg, Public Library. pp. [i], i-vii, 1-72.
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Lu Xiaokang; Cerdeño, E.; Zheng Xiaoting; Wang Shiqi; Deng, Tao 2021. The first Asian skeleton of Diaceratherium from the early Miocene Shanwang Basin (Shandong, China), and implications for its migration route. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 6 (100074): 1-12. doi.org/10.1016/j.jaesx.2021.100074
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Codrea, V.A.; Solomon, A.A.; Venczel, M.; Farcas, C. 2025. Metropolitan Veniamin Costachi’s Relic Collection – the wooly rhinoceros from Râșca (Suceava County, Romania). Marisia, Natural Sciences V: 67-82.
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Priyambodo; Zulkarnain, D.; Rustiati, E.L.; Kurniawan, Y.; Putri, C.R.R.; Srihanto, E.A.; Saswiyanti, E.; Arsan, Z.; Sukatmoko; Pratiwi, D.N.; Permatasari, N. 2026. Detection of Environmental DNA from Tree Bark Associated with Rubbing Behavior of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis in Way Kambas National Park. Organisms 6 (1): 51-62. doi.org/10.24042/zv2m2645
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Priyono, D.S.; Khairi, H.A.; Andryan, A.; Arisuryanti, T.; Eprilurahman, R.; Bakar, M.A.L.A. 2026. The role of wildlife DNA forensics in combatting rhino horn trafficking: Lessons from Indonesian cases. Hystrix (The Italian Journal of Mammalogy) 37 (1). doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-00842-2025
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Hildebrandt, T.B.; Holtze, S.; Biasetti, P.; Bohner, J.; Cizmar, D.; Colleoni, S.; Mori, B. de; Diecke, S.; Galli, C.; Hayashi, K.; Kangethe, F.; Korody, M.L.; Lekolool, I.; Ndereeh, D.; Kariuki, L.; Lazzari, G.; Mijele, D.; Mutisya, S.; Ngulu, S.; Omondi, P.; Seet, S.; Zywitza, V.; Stejskal, J.; Goeritz, F. 2026. De-extinction of the Northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni). Journal of Reproduction and Development 72 (3): 88-95. doi.org/10.1262/jrd.2025-122
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