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

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Rhinos can run faster than you think

Despite weighing up to 2300 kilograms, rhinos can sprint at speeds of 50 kilometres per hour — faster than most humans can run even without carrying a tonne of body weight.

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The Rhino Document Library

The Rhino Document Library contains a total of 30154 references.

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El Hurgador 2020. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 104 (CIV): Abacuc (Silvano Gilardi), Gilles Aillaud, Arnold, Bernard Buffet, Luigi Leonidi, Alexander Calder, Rusty Fretner, Katarzyna Karpowickz, Olmedo Mezzoli, Steve Nayar, Lynnette Shelley, Giacomo Soffiantino, Marzio Tamer, Heather Ujiie, Madeline von Foerster. Internet blog. pp. 1-25.
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El Hurgador 2020. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 103 (CIII): Richard Texier. Internet blog. pp. 1-28.
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El Hurgador 2020. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 102 (CII): John Mark Moore. Internet blog. pp. 1-28.
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El Hurgador 2020. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 101 (CI): Dariusz Zieliński, William Moreira Cruz, Ostinelli, Priest, Antoinette Briët. Internet blog. pp. 1-22.
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El Hurgador 2016. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 079 (LXXIX): Adrian Steirn, Daniel Haesslich. Internet blog. pp. 1-13.
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El Hurgador 2016. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 078 (LXXVIII): Chie Hitotsuyama, Michel Loeb, William Pérez Fernández, Piero Figura & Gianni Seguso, Pete Oxford, Lindsay Robertson, José Luis López Galván, J.A.W. Cooper, Otto Schade, Varmint Rodeo (CatLauncher), Jacub Gagnon, Jennifer Keim Swartz, Dean Crouser. Internet blog. pp. 1-30.
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El Hurgador 2016. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 077 (LXXVII): Jorge Pérez Rodríguez, Caligrafía árabe, Dušan Polakovič, Tahiche Díaz, Todd Wills Lockwood, Carol Carter, Nadim Karam, João Guapo, Martin Düfert, Chris Van Allsburg, Jorge Zambrano Núñez, Sarah Moon, Dimitar Neshev, Escaparate en Cuenca, Museo Provincial de Cuenca, Museo Paleontológico de Cuenca. Internet blog. pp. 1-25.
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Janos, Hanak K. 1853. Az emlősök és madarak képes természetrajza, vagyis azoknak természethű képekkel ellátott rendszeres leírása : magán és nyilvános oktatásra. Pesten, Hartleben.
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Rangoon Mail 1872. A rhinoceros caught (Akyab District, Burma). Allen's Indian Mail 1872 January 2: 10.
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Boelsche, W. 1910. Das weisse Nashorn. Arena, Oktav-Ausgabe von Ueber Land und Mehr 1910-1911 no. 1: 87-90.
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Rosenthal, M. 2026. Where institutional memory lives: The Zoo & Aquarium Video Archive. ZAA Magazine 2026 (1): 24-27.
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Brown, R. 1892. The story of Africa and its explorers, vol. 3: The last of a long tale. The Sahara. The missionaries. The hunters. The international explorers. London Cassell and Company.
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Casanova, G.C.; Herni, G. 1856. Denkwürdigkeiten von Jakob Casanova von Seingalt: Von ihm selbst geschrieben. Edited by M. G. Herni, vol. 3. Hamburg, Institut für Literatur und Kunst.
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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.
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The Rhinoceros of South Asia – DISCOUNT

A book by Kees Rookmaaker with chapters by Joachim K. Bautze and Kelly Enright.

Rhinos can run faster than you think

Despite weighing up to 2300 kilograms, rhinos can sprint at speeds of 50 kilometres per hour — faster than most humans can run even without carrying a tonne of body weight.

Learn more about rhinos
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