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

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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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The Rhino Document Library

The Rhino Document Library contains a total of 29555 references.

Article
Natal Parks Board 1959. Natal’s new White rhino Sanctuary (opens). South African Scope 2 (1) January: 12.
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Natal Parks Board 1967. Ceratotherium simum simum – the White or square-lipped rhinoceros. South African Scope August: 8-9, 8 figures.
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Pisani, Vittorio 1925. Atkin attacked by a rhinoceros in Kenya. Tribuna Illustrata 1925 Ocober 4: cover (illustration only).
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 2020. Appendix. Publications by Kees Rookmaaker (b.1953 Amsterdam) = Leendert Cornelis Rookmaaker. In: Twenty years of literature on the rhinoceros 2000-2019. RRC. pp. 333-346.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 2020. Twenty years of literature on the rhinoceros 2000-2019. Extracted from the Rhino Resource Center (RRC). Rhino Resource Center. pp. 1-346 [unpublished].
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1998. Chapter 9. References (on rhinoceros in captivity). In: Rookmaaker, L.C., The rhinoceros in captivity: a list of 2439 rhinoceroses kept from Roman times to 1994. The Hague. pp. 375-389.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1998. Chapter 3. Early rhinoceroses in Rome, China and the Near-East. In: Rookmaaker, L.C., The rhinoceros in captivity: a list of 2439 rhinoceroses kept from Roman times to 1994. The Hague. pp. 27-32.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1998. Chapter 2. Statistics on demography and reproduction. In: Rookmaaker, L.C., The rhinoceros in captivity: a list of 2439 rhinoceroses kept from Roman times to 1994. The Hague. pp. 21-25.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1998. Chapter 1. Introduction. In: Rookmaaker, L.C., The rhinoceros in captivity: a list of 2439 rhinoceroses kept from Roman times to 1994. The Hague. pp. 1-19.
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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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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.

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