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Nobody knows why the white rhino is called 'white'
The white rhino is grey. The popular story says its name is a corruption of the Dutch word wijd (wide), for its wide mouth. There is one problem: no historical source has ever been found that uses it.
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MacLellan, I. 1874. Rhinoceros hunting [poem]; The rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis). American Sportsman 7 February 1874: 1.
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Oliveira de Cadornega, A. 1942. Historia geral das guerras angolanas por Antonio de Oliveira de Cadornega, 1681. Revisto e anatado por Manuel Alves Da Cunha, vol. 3. Lisbon, Agencia Geral das Colonias.
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Neupane, B.; Dahal, B.R.; Aryal, P.C.; Pun, S.; Basnet, M.; Pandey, A.; Kandel, S.; et al. 2027. Bridging conservation and human-wildlife conflict for coexistence. Human Ecology 55 (3): 1-12. doi.org/10.1007/s10745-026-00801-2
Bryant, B.; Campbell-Ward, M.; Kimble, B.; Govendir, M. 2024. Pharmacokinetic profiles of oral phenylbutazone, meloxicam, and firocoxib in southern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 55 (3): 547-554. doi.org/10.1638/2023-0080
Khan, I.; Rungsiwiwut, R.; Thongphakdee, A.; Angchuan, C.; Samruan, W.; Khalil, A.A.K.; Parnpai, R. 2026. From somatic cells to offspring: iPSC-based gametogenesis for animal conservation and livestock production. Biology 15 (20) 1833: 1-24. doi.org/10.3390/biology15201833
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Reed, C.G.; Lemoine, N.P.; Budny, M.L.; Clarke, V.C.; Du Toit, J.T.; Helcoski, R.; Knoetze, H.; et al. 2026. Nutrient legacies from elephant megacarcasses create coldspots of biodiversity and hotspots of ecosystem processes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 (43) e2605332123: 1-9. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2605332123
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Schneider, R. 2027. Green surveillance: the social implications of harnessing local communities for conservation law enforcement in Namibia. Geoforum 178 (104880): 1-12. doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2026.104880
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Hooyer, D.A. 1958. An early Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Bethlehem. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Geology 3 (8): 265-291.
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Hidding, H. 1983. Fossiele resten van zoogdieren uit Laat-Pleistocene sedimenten in de regio Zwolle [Fossil mammal remains from the Late Pleistocene sediments in the Zwolle region]. Grondboor en Hamer (Tijdschrift van de Nederlandse Geologische Vereniging) 1: 8-16.
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Heissig, K. 2002. Nashornreste aus dem Karpatium des Korneuburger Beckens (Niederösterreich). Beiträge zur Paläontologie 27: 399-405.
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Heinevetter, F. 1937. Die eiszeitlichen Funde im Gebiet von Gleiwitz. Jahresberichte der Geologischen Vereinigung Oberschlesiens 1937 (Teil 2): 38-40.
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Heinevetter, F. 1933. Die Oberschlesischen Diluvialfunde der Jahre 1932/33. Jahresberichte der Geologischen Vereinigung Oberschlesiens 1933 (Teil 2): 49-50.
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Harris, J.M.; Brown, F.H.; Leakey, M.G. 1988. Stratigraphy and paleontology of Pliocene and Pleistocene localities west of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 399: 1-128.
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Paraceratherium was a hornless rhino that stood almost five metres at the shoulder and weighed somewhere between 11 and 20 tonnes. Nothing that walked on land has been heavier since the dinosaurs.
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