Safi, A. 2026. Giants of the Oligocene: the evolutionary history and systematics of Balochistan’s Paraceratherium: a scientific review. Pakistan Journal of Geology 10 (1): 61-68. doi.org/10.26480/pjg.01.2026.61.68
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Paraceratherium was a hornless rhino that stood almost five metres at the shoulder and weighed somewhere between 11 and 20 tonnes. Nothing that walked on land has been heavier since the dinosaurs.
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Rijja, M.M.S.; Sato, Y.; Ramadan, S.I.; Nonoue, N.; Inoue-Murayama, M. 2026. Genetic diversity and estimated geographical origin of critically endangered captive black rhinoceros in Japan: implications for future conservation and breeding. Zoological Science 43 (6): 1-14. doi.org/10.2108/zs260015
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Marewangepo, D.; Kavhu, B. 2026. Complementarity of camera traps and ranger patrols shapes rhino detection patterns in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. African Journal of Ecology 64 (e70229): 1-13. doi.org/10.1111/aje.70229
Schürmann, F. 2026. Überlebenshilfen zwischen Wildhütern und Rhinozerossen: die zweite Ausweisung der Nyarubondo und die Klassifizierung der Insel als Wildreservat. In: Schürmann, F. 2026. Die Verwilderung einer Insel in Zeiten des Aussterbens: Rubondo (Tansania), 1880–1980. Göttingen, Germany, Wallstein Verlag. pp. 245-302.
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Pandolfi, L.; Faggi, A.; Bartolini-Lucenti, S.; Rook, L. 2026. Morphological and morphometric variability in Quaternary rhinoceroses as revealed by a small-sized adult Stephanorhinus etruscus skeleton from Poggio Rosso in Upper Valdarno (Early Pleistocene, Italy). Quaternary International 785 (110483): 1-20. doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2026.110483
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Minnaar, A.; Herbig, F.J.W. 2026. Laying the policy and strategic foundations for protecting the rhinoceros’ population in South Africa (2010-2014). International Journal of Rural Criminology 10 (2): 333-345. doi.org/10.18061/ijrc.6983
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Gonzalez, J.; Genereux, D.P.; Crouse, K.; Frishman, B.; et al. 2026. New approaches to discovering epigenetic rules of homeostasis in diverse mammal species. BMC Genomics 27 (478): 1-25. doi.org/10.1186/s12864-026-12823-7
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Zhou, X.; Jiang, Y.; Hou, M.; Shan, N. 2026. Integrating “yang transforming qi and yin constituting the body” with immune regulation: an evidence synthesis of multidimensional traditional chinese medicine therapy for immune thrombocytopenia. Chinese Medicine 21 (24): 1-41. doi.org/10.1186/s13020-025-01318-4
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Wang, S.Q.; Jiangzuo, Q.; Bibi, F.; Zhang, C.; Li, C.; Li, S.; Xing, L.; et al. 2025. Central Asian radiation of modern large-mammal faunas in Miocene. Science Advances 11 (43) eadt5079: 1-11. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adt5079
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Smith, R.J.; Walpole, M.J. 2005. Should conservationists pay more attention to corruption?. Oryx 39 (3): 251-256. doi.org/10.1017/S0030605305000608
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Marchi, S.; Issel, C.; Kanyari, P.; Keyyu, J.; Bolfa, P. 2026. Retrospective serological survey of equine influenza virus and piroplasm parasites in free-ranging wild equids from Kenya and Tanzania. Veterinary Sciences 13 (10) 1034: 1-8. doi.org/10.3390/vetsci13101034
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Hochadel, O. 2026. Caring for your creatures: Ram Brahma Sanyal and the Calcutta Zoo. British Journal for the History of Science 2026: 1-19. doi.org/10.1017/S000708742610212X
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Cranbrook, Earl of 2026. Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl Cranbrook, obituary. Times (London) 5 September 2026.
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Puettger-Conradt, A. 2013. Das Grab von Heinrich Boie auf Java. Zeitschrift für Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg und Mecklenburg 120: 95-99.
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