Hoeven, J. van der 1833. Handboek der dierkunde, of grondbeginsels der natuurlijke geschiedenis vam het dierenrijk, vol. 2: Weekdieren, Gewervelde dieren. Amsterdam, C.G. Sulpke.
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By 1900 fewer than 200 greater one-horned rhinos and perhaps 50 to 100 southern white rhinos were left alive. Today there are around 4,000 of the first and nearly 16,000 of the second.
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Zoological Society of Scotland 1983. Edinburgh Zoo reports Southern White rhino born in 1982. International Zoo News 30 (5): 33-41, 5 figures.
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Zoological Society of London 1986. Indian rhino born at Whipsnade Park, Bedfordshire, UK. International Zoo News 33 (5-6): 75-76, 1 figure.
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Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales; Jones, Richard 1985. Southern White rhino born at West Plains Zoo, Dubbo, Australia. International Zoo News 32 (3): 23-28, 3 figures.
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Münzel, S.C.; Starkovich, B.M.; Conard, N.J.; Wiedmann, J.; Wolf, S. 2026. Exploring Gravettian mammoth rib tool production in the Ach Valley (SW Germany) through experimental archaeology. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 9 (35): 1-24. doi.org/10.1007/s41982-026-00272-3
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Balajapalli, S.; Kim, Y.; Saikia, P.K. 2026. Protecting the greater one-horned rhinoceros: the role of workforce capacity, legal enforcement, and patrolling in protected areas. Public Administration Research 15 (2): 119-130. doi.org/10.5539/par.v15n2p119
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Shoemaker, A.H.; Riverbanks Zoo and Garden 1977. Two years after opening the Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina. International Zoo News 24 (1): 22-27.
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Morgan-Davies, A.M. 1977. First Black rhino bred in captivity at Kyarimi Park Zoo, Maiduguri, Nigeria. International Zoo News 24 (1): 45.
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Fourvel, J.B.; Bailon, S.; Bruxelles, L.; Cohen, J.; Crégut-Bonnoure, E.; Desclaux, E,; Guiragossian, T.; et al. 2026. Deciphering hominin-carnivore alternations at Les Auzières (Méthamis, Vaucluse), a Middle Palaeolithic site in south-eastern France. Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary 39 (1): 1-18. doi.org/10.26382/AMQ.2026.03
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Sycheva, S.A. 2026. Detailing the stratigraphic scheme of the Upper Neopleistocene of the Central East European Plain and correlation with other loess regions of Eastern Europe. Presentation of the Aleksandrov quarry section as a stratotype. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 34 (5): 547-565. doi.org/10.1134/S0869593826700164
Walker, E.A.; Case, D.; Peterson, R.; Aldhouse-Green, S.; Eastham, A.; Faillace, K.; Ingrem, C.; et al. 2026. Hoyle’s Mouth, Tenby, Wales: Stephen Aldhouse-Green’s excavations 1986–1996. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 30 (2): 73-131.
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Peterson, R.; Case, D.; Walker, E.A.; Aldhouse-Green, S.; Coles, G.; Eastham, A.; Jones, J.R.; et al. 2026. Little Hoyle Cave, Tenby, Pembrokeshire: Stephen Aldhouse-Green’s excavations 1984–1990. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 30 (2): 133-204.
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Khatsenovich, A.M.; Klementiev, A.M.; Marchenko, D.V.; Bazargur, D.; Margad-Erdene, G.; Dalantai, S.; Gunchinsuren, B.; et al. 2026. Occupation of Tsagaan Agui Cave during Last Glacial Maximum. Vestnik NSU. Series: History and Philology 25 (7): 20-35. doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2026-25-7-20-35
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Berliguzhin, M.T.; Akhmedenov, K.M.; Yakupova, J.B. 2026. Paleoecological reconstruction of the Late Pleistocene in the lower reaches of the Ural (Zhaiyk) River based on the materials of the Daryinsk museum collection. Fundamental and Experimental Biology 31 (3): 83-93. doi.org/10.31489/2026FEB3/83-93
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