Saleur, C. 1887. Un coin des Himalayas: Darjeeling et le Sikkim, XVI. Missions Catholoiques - Bulletin hebdomadaire illustré de l'oeuvre de la propagation de la foi 19: 497-501.
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Boitard, P. 1863. Le Jardin des Plantes: description et moeurs des mammiferes de la menagerie et du Museum d’Histoire Naturelle. Paris, Gustave Barba.
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Boussenard, L. 1885. Les voleurs de diamants – chapitre IV. Journal des Voyages et des Avantures de Terre et de Mer no. 298 (23 March 1883): 180-186, fig. 1.
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Dutch East India Co. (VOC) 1739. Remarks about relations with Kandy (Ceylon) in letter of 31 January 1739. In: Generale missiven van gouverneurs-generaal en raden aan heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, vol. 10 (1737-1743), edited by J.. van Goor. Den Haag, 2004: pp. 190-192.
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Deng, Tao; Spassov, N.; Ji Xue-Ping 2026. The impact of Xizang (Tibet) uplift on Cenozoic mammals: A review of paleontological evidence and interpretations. Paleoworld 35 (201142): 1-7. doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2026.201142
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Dutch East India Co. (VOC) 1739. Rhinoceros sent from Batavia to the King of Kandy, 1739. National Archives, 1.04.02, inv. 2422.
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Dutch East India Co. (VOC) 1739. Rhinoceros sent to King of Kandy in 1739. National Archives, 1.04.02, inv. 2472.
Dutch East India Co. (VOC) 1738. Account from Colombo: inventory of Horse stables. National Archives, 1.04.02, inv. 2540.
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Dutch East India Co. (VOC) 1740. Ships leaving Batavia in July 1740, including Loverendaal and Knappenhof. National Archives, 1.04.02, inv. 2482.
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Dutch East India Co. (VOC) 1741. Deaths of the two rhinoceroses aboard the Loverendaal 1741. National Archives, 1.04.02, inv. 2540.
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Dutch East India Co. (VOC) 1740. Instructions to the envoys at Kandy, 16 September 1740. National Archives, 1.04.02, inv. 2492.
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Dutch East India Co. (VOC) 1743. Report of the envoys to the court of Ramnad, 1743. National Archives, 1.04.02, inv. 2599.
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Dutch East India Co. (VOC) 1772. Rhinoceros paths in Bantam highlands, 1772. National Archives, 1.04.02, inv. 3363.
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Dutch East India Co. (VOC) 1749. Places of rest and pleasure for people: Jakarta hills, 1749. National Archives, 1.04.02, inv. 2729.
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Dutch East India Co. (VOC) 1740. Departure of English ship crrying a rhinoceros in July 1740 from Coromandel. National Archives, 1.04.02, inv. 8878.
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A book by Kees Rookmaaker with chapters by Joachim K. Bautze and Kelly Enright.A real 'unicorn' rhino lived alongside modern humans
Elasmotherium sibiricum, the so-called Siberian unicorn, weighed up to 3.5 tonnes and carried a single enormous horn. It was long thought to have died out 200,000 years ago. Radiocarbon dating now shows it survived until at least 39,000 years ago.
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