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Black rhinos have bodyguards with wings

In Swahili the red-billed oxpecker is askari wa kifaru, "the rhino's guard". Research shows the name is earned: a black rhino carrying oxpeckers spots an approaching human every single time.

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The Rhino Image Library

The Rhino Image Library provides 7691 rhino related images.

Sudan and Armin Püttger-Conradt

Sudan in Dvur Kralove

Sudan Nile rhino 1991

Nile rhino Sudan 1990

Najin 2015 in Ol Pejeta

Nasi 1991 birth

Nasi 1991 Dvur Kralove

Nabire and Nesari in Dvur Kralove

Nabire 1991 in Dvur Kralove

Nabir 1991 Dvur Kralove

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Fatu 2008 Dvur Kralove

“Armour and Grass”

California Hemphillian

Krapf auf der Flucht

Bali statuettes

Javan rhino statuette

Acclimatisation Society – 1865

Punch Almanack 1865

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The Rhino Document Library

The Rhino Document Library contains a total of 30511 references.

Corder, M.L.; Abulez, T.; Cleland, T.; Petricoin, E.F.; Zhou, W.; Nagashima, J.; Miller, M.; et al. 2026. Immunoproteomic insights into inflammatory diseases of the critically endangered black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). Nature: Scientific Reports 16 (13535): 1-17. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-43055-0

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Clarke, J.A.; Larkin, J.; Marianno, C.M.; Johnson, T.E. 2026. The Rhisotope project: using radiation for conservation. Nature: Scientific Reports 16 (17613): 1-8. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-45117-9

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Windle, S.; Roth, T.L.; Stalder, G. 2026. Vitamin D status in North American managed black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). Conservation Physiology 14 (1): 1-14. doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coag062

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Ames, E.A.; Rowe, A.J.; Button, D.J. 2026. Let them fight: using finite element analysis to determine combative evolutionary drivers of ceratopsian (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) horns. PeerJ 14 e21728: 1-55. doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21728

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Makovska, M.; Killer, J.; Modrackova, N.; Ingrivelli, E.; Amin, A.; Vlkova, E.; Bolechova, P.; et al. 2023. Species and strain variability among Sarcina isolates from diverse mammalian hosts. Animals 13 (9) 1529: 1-11. doi.org/10.3390/ani13091529

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Chen, H.; Qiu, F.; Kulsum, U.; Zhang, C.; Bohnett, E.; Lyu, H.; Tian, S.; et al. 2026. Deep learning-based monitoring and spatiotemporal analysis of wildlife and human activities using camera trap imagery. European Journal of Wildlife Research 72 (5): 1-15. doi.org/10.1007/s10344-026-02156-x

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Dhakal, A.; Ghimire, S.; Pokhrel, S.; Pradhan, A.; Sapkota, N.; Neupane, D. 2026. Landscape change dynamics and patch connectivity in the Chitwan-Parsa Complex, Nepal. Journal of Landscape Ecology 19 (4): 107-138. doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2026-0040

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Kawale, A. 2026. Un-zoning Kaziranga’s wilderness. Sanctuary Asia October 2026: 84-86.

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Indonesia Ministry of Forestry 2026. Indonesia’s national report on implementation of CITES Decision 20.82 on rhinoceroses: Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) in Indonesia. Report to CITES SC81 Doc. 39: 1-10.

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CITES Secretariat 2026. Eighty-first meeting of the Standing Committee: Illegal trade and enforcement, Rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotidae spp.). Report to CITES SC81 Doc. 39: 1-17.

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CITES Secretariat 2026. Eighty-first meeting of the Standing Committee: Responses to Notification to the Parties no. 2026/085 on implementation of decisions 18.116 and 20.81 on Rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotidae). Report to CITES SC81 Inf. 4: 1-42.

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Nandy, S.; Antoine, P.O.; Rookmaaker, L.C.; Garnayak, D.B. 2026. Bharatihuda (Chalcolithic, Mahanadi Belt): first discovery of Rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) in the Odisha state, India. Comptes Rendus Palevol 25 (19): 357-374, figs. 1-6, tabs. 1-6. doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2026v25a19

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Osthoff, G.; Mason, S.; Schmidt, L.; Tordiffe, A.; Deacon, F. 2026. Comparative 1H-NMR profiling of plasma and serum metabolites in giraffes and white rhinoceroses. Metabolomics 22 (5): 1-10. doi.org/10.1007/s11306-026-02535-0

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Hussain, A.; Khan, M.A. 2026. Rhinoceros from the Pinjor Formation (Pleistocene) of Makwal, Pakistan. Historical Biology 38 (10): 4398–4407. doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2026.2645124

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Arbogast, D.M. 2026. Investigation of three novel physiological biomarkers of rhinoceros wellbeing. Ph.D. dissertation submitted to George Mason University, Fairfax, VA., USA. 1-186.

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Javan Rhino

Greater One-horned Rhino

Nile Rhino

Southern White Rhino

Black Rhino

Sumatran Rhino

Fossil Rhino

Rhino collections

History of Clara

Clara the Rhinoceros tells the marvellous story of the most famous rhinoceros in history.

Geraads Fossil Rhino Database

Old World Neogene and Quaternary rhino-bearing localities.

RRC Newsletters

All newsletters from the start in 2005 were edited and composed by Dr. Kees Rookmaaker, Editor of the Rhino Resource Center.

Carino Database

East Asian and West African Rhinos.

Gallery of Modern Art

Rhino Depictions In Contemporary Modern Art.

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Our new website is now online

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The Rhinoceros of South Asia – DISCOUNT

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

A rhino pregnancy lasts nearly a year and a half

All five rhino species carry their young for 15 to 16 months, one of the longest pregnancies of any land mammal. A female produces a single calf, and then not another for three or four years.

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