Williams, A.C. 2026. IUCN/SSC Asian Rhino Specialist Group – May 2026 Chair’s 30-day report. Asian Rhinos no. 4: 1-4.
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Steuer, P.; Suedekum, K.H.; Tuetken, T.; Mueller, D.W.H.; Kaandorp, J.; Bucher, M.; Clauss, M.; Hummel, J. 2014. Does body mass convey a digestive advantage for large herbivores?. Functional Ecology 28 (5): 1127-1134. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12275
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Bucher, M.; Ruebel, A. 2021. The rhino connection: wie Lewa nach Zürich kam. Münster, Schüling Verlag. pp. 1-160.
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Brouard, P. 1958. Khartoum – Sudan (Quarantine Park for white rhinos). International Zoo News 5 (3): 92.
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Carvalho, G. de; Rio de Janeiro Zoo 1959. Rhino horns in on a Brazilian election. Life Magazine 1959 October 19: 30.
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Rio de Janeiro Zoo 1958. Britador for queimodo para evitar epidemio. Tribuna da Imprensa (Rio de Janeiro) 1958 April 14: 4.
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Lustosa Esberard, C.E.; Nogueira, M.R.; Mocelin, M.A. de Oliveira; Carlos de Santana, A.M.; Pol, A. 1994. Análise preliminar dos problemas com morcegos em meio urbano no município do Rio deJaneiro (RJ, Brasil). Anais do I Encontro de Ciências Ambientais, UFRJ, Rio deJaneiro 1994: 348-362.
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Buffey, E. 2026. Macbeth among the animals: or, how the rhinoceros lost its horn. English Studies 2026: 1-28. doi.org/10.1080/0013838X.2026.2656500
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Kaiser, W.; Piechocki, W. 1969. Medizinisch-zoologischer Unterricht im 18. Jahrhundert an der Universität Halle. Hercynia - Ökologie und Umwelt in Mitteleuropa 6 (3): 258-284.
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Dam, G.Th. van; Jones, Marvin L. 1955. Marvin Jones – Pachyderm enclosures in the Rotterdam Zoo. International Zoo News 2 (4): 71, 2 figs.
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Argote de Molina, G. 1582. Libro, de la monteria que mando escreuir el muy alto y muy poderoso Rey Don Alonso de Castilla, y de Leon, vltimo deste nombre. Sevilla, Andrea Pescioni.
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Chen Xi; Wang Yuan; Hu Xiaowei; Xu Fan; Shao, Qingfeng; et al. 2026. The Early Holocene vertebrate fauna from Aili Cave in Nanling, Anhui. Quaternary Sciences 46 (1): 181-193.
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El Hurgador 2014. El Hurgador [Arte en la Red] blog 050 (L): James Jean, Tony Karpinski, Lieke van der Vorst, Andrea Joseph, Jose Luis López Galván, Oleg Denisenko, Stephen Hazel, Bato Dashitsirenov, Li Hui. Internet blog. pp. 1-22.
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