Rhino Resource Center

Welcome to the world's largest online rhinoceros library dedicated to assisting research and conservation efforts globally.

By creating paths, wallows, and dispersing seeds through their dung, rhinos shape entire ecosystems. A single white rhino can produce 20 kilograms of dung daily, fertilising the landscape and spreading plant seeds.

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The Rhino Image Library

The Rhino Image Library provides 7424 rhino related images.

Gilibert 1805 Rhinoceros

Buffon edn Desmarest 1827 skeleton

Buffon edn Desmarest 1827 two-horned

Zammarano 1920 distribution map

Zammarano 1920 Somalia

Zammarano 1920 third rhino

Zammarano 1920 rhino head

Zammarano first black rhino

Schneider 1882 unicornis

Schneider 1882 bicornis

Joly 1870 Afrique

Joly Carte Asie

Krakow, Ulica Grodska no. 38

Ulica Grodska, Krakow, Poland

Clara in Munich 1746 broadsheet

Clara in Regensburg 1746

Middelburg 1756 Clara

Horse and Groom London 1756

Franck 1934 Java

Encyclopaedia 1911 White rhino charging

Encyclopaedia 1911 End of black rhino

Giant Animals 1908

Straessle 1905 Nashorn

Reinicke 1901 sick bed

Reinicke 1901 Lion judge

Reinicke 1901 Fight

Reinicke 1901 Two parties

Spillmann 1897 African hunt

Spillmann 1897 Lions

Bromme 1867 Italian

Bromme 1853 African rhino

Handbuch 1850 one-horned

Bromme 1846 two-horned

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The Rhino Document Library

The Rhino Document Library contains a total of 29766 references.

Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Daubenton, L.J.M.; Lamouroux, J.V.F.; Desmarest, A.G. 1827. Oeuvres completes de Buffon (vol. 24), avec les descriptions anatomiques de Daubenton, son collaborateur. Nouvelle edition, commencée par feu M. Lamouroux; et continué par M. A.G. Desmarest. Mammifères, vol. 9. Paris, Verdière et Ladrange.

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Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Daubenton, L.J.M. 1763. Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi, vol. 11. Paris, Imprimerie Royale.

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Daubenton, L.J.M. 1764. Description de la partie du Cabinet qui a rapport à l’histoire naturelle du Rhinocéros. In: Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. Paris, Imprimerie Royale. pp. 204-210, pl. 8.

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Daubenton, L.J.M. 1764. Description du rhinocéros. In: Buffon & Daubenton, Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. Paris, Imprimerie Royale. pp. 198-203, pls. 7, 8.

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Daubenton, L.J.M. 1764. Description du Rhinocéros. In: Buffon & daubenton, Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. Paris, Imprimerie Royale. pp. 198-203, pls. 7, 8.

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Douwe Mout 1749. Newborn child resembling rhinoceros in Paris. Kurtz-gefasster historischer Nachrichten zum Behuf der neuern europäischen Begebenheiten 1749 (33) August: 656.

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Linck, O. 1952. Ein Einhorn-fund bei Niederhofen. Schwäbische Heimat 3 (4): 181-184. doi.org/10.53458/80kjxe86

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Duplessis, G. 1881. Inventaire de la collection d’estampes relatives à l’histoire de France, léguée en 1863 à la Bibliothèque nationale par M. Michel Hennin, vol. 3. Paris, Alph. Picard.

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Granger, M.; Long, B.; Hudson, M.A.; Barnes, P.A.; Hansford, J.P.; Brook, S.M.; Groenenberg, M.; Sharma, A.; Mahmud, R.; Khairani, K.O.; Sectionov, I.; Steinmetz, R.; I-Ting Tu; Ma, H.; Turvey, S.T. 2026. Historical baselines reveal suitable conservation landscapes for Javan and Sumatran rhinoceros. Current Biology 2026 - in press: 1-12. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.001

Biasetti, P.; Hildebrandt, T.B.; Seet, S.; Stejskal, J.; Giardullo, P.; Goeritz, F.; Holtze, S.; Galli, C.; Stastny, M.; Mori, B. de 2026. Perceptions of assisted reproductive technologies in wildlife conservation: Public expectations and ethical implications across three EU countries. PLoS One 21(2): e0342094: 1-21. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342094

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Johnsingh, A.J.T.; Pandey, N. 2025. Kaziranga, the pride of India. Hornbill (Mumbai) 2025 (2) April-June : 8-14.

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Seshadri, B. 1959. Giant rhinoceros of an Indian Reserve. Country Life 126 (3259): 57, 2 figures.

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Rookmaaker, L.C.; Rhino Resource Center; Billia, E.M.E.; Ziegler, D.; Monson, J.; Athanassiou, A. 2026. New literature in the Rhino Resource Center. Electronic Newsletter of the Rhino Resource Center no. 80 (March): 1-26.

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Hu, Haiqian; Tong, Haowen; Han Fei; (and many others) 2025. Chronological and palaeoecological insights into the Dayakou fauna in Yanjinggou, Chongqing, China: Responses to the early-middle Pleistocene climate transistion. Quaternary Science Reviews 352 (109199): 1-15. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109199

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Oertle, A.; (and many others) 2025. New insights from the application of ZooMS to late Pleistocene fauna from Grotta di Castelcivita, southern Italy. Scientific Reports 15 (25906): 1-17. doi.org/10.1038/s415898-025-11355-6

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