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Rhinos have complex social lives
Far from being solitary brutes, rhinos display surprising social intelligence. They communicate through an elaborate system of scent marks, vocalisations, and shared middens (dung piles) that serve as community message boards.
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The Rhino Image Library
The Rhino Image Library provides 7582 rhino related images.
The Rhino Document Library
The Rhino Document Library contains a total of 30132 references.
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Knochenhauer, A. 1896. Stand der Dickhäuter an der afrikanischen Küste. A. Hugo’s Jagd-Zeitung 39 (17) 1 September 1896: 528-531.
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Duery, J. von 1893. Zwanzig Monate in Afrika. Mittheilungen des N.-ö. Jagdschutz-Vereines 1893 no. 9: 332-338 [rhino p. 338].
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Bach, A. 1886. Die Menagerie des Herrn A. Bach [in Vienna]. Armeeblatt, Wien 5 (16) 20 April 1886: 207.
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Klotz, P. 1881. Im zoologischen Garten, im Thiermuseum und in der Thierbude. Ein unterhaltender Führer für Jung und Alt zur Belauschung der Thierwelt in der Bildnis und in der gefangenschaft.2nd edition. Leipzig und Berlin, Otto Spamer.
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El Hurgador 2014. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 055 (LV): Patrick Schumacher. Internet Blog. pp. 1-19.
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El Hurgador 2014. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 054 (LIV): Tony Fredriksson, Xavier Cortada, Christiane Klatt, Antonio Guerrero, Adeusi, Lewis, Mbuka, Mtenko, Omari Amonde, Sophie Standing. Internet Blog. pp. 1-22.
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El Hurgador 2014. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 056 (LVI): Sarah Soward, Lindsey Erin Anderson, Anne E. Shoemaker-Magdaleno, Caroline Selvey, Hue Tunan, Juan Jose Sabogal, WWF. Internet Blog. pp. 1-22.
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El Hurgador 2014. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 057 (LVII): Adonna Khare, Pedro Peralta, Wang Ruilin, Eduard Wolf-Harnier, Pierre Mathieu, David Gulden. Internet Blog. pp. 1-27.
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El Hurgador 2014. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 058 (LVIII): Alessandro Barbaro, Licio Zanetti, Julius Rappoport, Angela Pileggi (Meadowknight), David Webb, Willie Tsang. Internet Blog. pp. 1-22.
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Kaufmann Menagerie 1877. Die Menagerie des Herrn Kaufmann in München. Neueste Nachrichten, München 30 (334) 30 November 1877: 2.
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Rousseau, L. 1874. Episodes de chasse dans l’Afrique méridionale: le rhinocéros ‘major’. Semaine des Familles: Revue Universelle 1875 no. 20 (15 August 1874): 317-319, 332-335.
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Rosny, L. de 1891. Chan-Hai-King: Antique géographie chinoise. Traduite pour la première fois sur le texte original, vol. 1. Paris, J. Maisonneuve.
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Logard, A. 1875. Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Lyon. Guide aux collections de zoologie, géologie et minéralogie. Lyon, Pitrat Ainé.
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Anquetil-Duperron, A.H. 1875. Jagdabenteuer in Birma. Grazer Zeitung 1875 nr. 130 (11 June 1875): 2.
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Rhino collections
East Asian and West African Rhinos.
Rhino Depictions In Contemporary Modern Art.
Old World Neogene and Quaternary rhino-bearing localities.
Clara the Rhinoceros tells the marvellous story of the most famous rhinoceros in history.
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