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Rhino horns are not what they seem

Unlike elephant tusks or cattle horns, rhino horns are made entirely of keratin — the same protein found in human hair and fingernails. They're essentially compressed hair that grows continuously throughout the rhino's life.

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The Rhino Document Library

The Rhino Document Library contains a total of 30631 references.

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El Hurgador 2023. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 112 (CXII): Luigi Serafini, John Wesley, Nilson Miqueas Rosas Mares, Adriano Pompa, Pietro Longhi, Pintor veneciano, Julio Larraz, vSir Peter Thomas Blake, Claire Milner, Walther Jervolino, Giovanni Macciotta, Nathan Neven, María Sada. Internet blog. pp. 1-28.
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El Hurgador 2021. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 111 (CXI): San Rock Art , Ouarzazate, Delft Tiles, Redmer Hoekstra, Jane Lee McCracken, Frances Ruth Vincent, Bruno Pontiroli, Austen Pinkerton, Martin Klein. Internet blog. pp. 1-29.
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El Hurgador 2021. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 110 (CX): Benjamin Rabier, Rudyard Kipling, Feodor Stepanovich “Rojan” Rojankovsky, Erika Weihs, Ela Jarzabek, Jenny Thorne, Daron Parton, May Angeli, Leonard Weisgard, Pedro Rodriguez, John Joven, Alicia Baladan, Hans Erni. Internet blog. pp. 1-25.
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El Hurgador 2021. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 109 (CIX): Antonio Segura Donat. Internet blog. pp. 1-30.
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El Hurgador 2021. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 108 (CVIII): Filatelia (VI) – Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Omán, ONU (Viena), Palestina, Polonia, Portugal. Internet blog. pp. 1-25.
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El Hurgador 2020. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 107 (CVII): Inga Šimonytė-Deniz, Tino Luciano, Vladimir Kush, Claus Larsen, Marc Alexander, Ciro Palumbo, Moira McAinsh, Carlo Trevisan, Gabriele Buratti, Mirek Antoniewicz, Roberta Ubaldi. Internet blog. pp. 1-32.
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El Hurgador 2020. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 106 (CVI): Adolfo Serra, Issa Watanabe, Carla Grace, Mirko Horvat, Helmut Heuberger, Hiroaki Asahara, Beata Orosz, Karen E. Phillips, Heidi Nicholls, Luis Villal. Internet blog. pp. 1-32.
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El Hurgador 2020. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 105 (CV): Mafa Alborés, Estela de Castro, Candida Höfer, Manuel Vilariño, Andoni Bastarrika, Luis Pérez Mínguez, Antoni Socías Albadalejo, Valentín Vallhonrat Ghezzi, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Marcel van Luit, Ramon López, Wolf Ademeit, Steve Winter. Internet blog. pp. 1-47.
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Rabier, B. 1908. Historia de los animales: el rinoceronte. Sucesos (Valparaiso) no. 310 (13 August 1908, p. 749); no. 311 (20 August 1909, p. 799); no. 312 (27 August 1908, p. 857); no. 313 ( 3 September 1908, p. 909).
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Rabier, B. 1939. Les dernières aventures de Gédéon. Paris. pp. 1-48.
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Rabier, B. 1934. Les contes de la tortue mauve. Paris, Jules Tallandier. pp. 1-48.
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Rabier, B. 1933. Les petites misères de la vie des animaux. Paris. pp. 1-40.
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Rabier, B. 1911. Les animaux s’amusent. Paris. pp. 1-50.
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Rabier, B. 1931. Paquet, petit ours mal léché. Paris, Garnier frères. pp. 1-16.
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Harlé, E. 1899. Catalogue de Paléontologie quaternaire des collections de Toulouse. Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 32: 5-43, pl. 1.
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Javan Rhino

Javan Rhino

Greater One-horned Rhino

Greater One-horned Rhino

Nile Rhino

Nile Rhino

Southern White Rhino

Southern White Rhino

Black Rhino

Black Rhino

Sumatran Rhino

Sumatran Rhino

Fossil Rhino

Fossil Rhino

Rhino collections
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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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Geraads Fossil Rhino Database

Old World Neogene and Quaternary rhino-bearing localities.
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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.
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Carino Database

East Asian and West African Rhinos.
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Gallery of Modern Art

Rhino Depictions In Contemporary Modern Art.
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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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