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

The Rhino Document Library

Contains a total of 30389 references.

The RRC website provides access to an extensive database of indexed and tagged references, abstracts and full texts covering all aspects of rhino knowledge. There are no restrictions on language, time period, location or type of publication, including reports and grey literature. Contributions and suggestions are welcome.

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Colbert, E.H. 1938. Fossil mammals from Burma in the American Museum of Natural History. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 74 (6): 255-436.
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Wickler, W.; Seibt, U. 1997. Aimed object-throwing by a wild African elephant in an interspecific encounter. Ethology 103: 365-368.
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Mohr, Erna; Haltenorth, T. 1958. Saugetiere: eine Auswahl von 192 Einzeldarstellungen auf 192 Tafeln in 7- bis 8-farbigem Offsetdruck nach Originalen von W. Eigener, F. Murr, K. Grossmann, H. Vogel. Hamburg, Kronen Verlag Erick Cramer.
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Bourliere, F. 1958. Le monde des mammiferes. Paris, Horizons de France.
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Walker, C.H. 1999. Lightning disaster in Lapalala Wilderness. Rhino Watch 12 in SA Game & Hunt 5 (3): 29, figs. 1-2.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1999. A most impudent lying contradictory fellow. Rhino Watch 11 in SA Game & Hunt 5 (2): 28-29, fig. 1.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1999. Rhinoceros factfile 2: The structure of the horn. Rhino Watch 11 in SA Game & Hunt 5 (2): 29.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1989. The zoological exploration of Southern Africa 1650-1790. Rotterdam and Brookfield, A.A. Balkema. pp. i-xii, 1-368, pls. 1-16, figs. 1-165, maps. 1-19.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1989. The zoological exploration of Southern Africa 1650-1790. Utrecht University: Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht --- in het openbaar te verdedigen op maandag 22 mei 1989 des namiddags te 4.15 uur. pp. i-xvi, 1-368, figs. 1-165, maps 1-19.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1988. A pictorial companion to the South African journey of Francois Le Vaillant (1753-1824). Africana Notes and News 28 (2): 46-51.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1988. The taxonomic importance of C.P. Thunberg’s revision of South African mammals (1811). South African Journal of Science 84 (3): 159-161, table 1.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1986. Review of R.P.W. Visser, The zoological work of Petrus Camper. Annals of Science 43: 412.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1986. Bibliographical notes on the SAOS Checklist of Southern African birds. Ostrich 57(3): 190.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1986. The location of Levaillant’s ‘Pays d’Auteniquois. Ostrich 57 (3): 189-190.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1985. The zoological notes by Johann Reinhold and George Forster included in Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle (1782). Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 12 (2): 203-212, figs. 1-2.  doi.org/10.3366/anh.1985.12.2.203
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1985. Sparrman on Hottentots. Africana Notes and News 26 (6): 254.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1983. On the identity of the tackhaitse. Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Library 37 (3): 307-309, figs. 1-2.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1983. The observations of Robert Jacob Gordon (1743-1795) on giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) found in Namaqualand. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 36/37: 71-90, figs. 1-9.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1983. An early record of Agapornis roseicollis. Mitteilungen der Ornithologische Arbeitsgruppe, S.W.A. Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft 18 (11/12): 1.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1982. The type locality of the Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest, 1822). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde 47 (6): 381-382.
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 1982. A story of horns: early views on rhinoceros classification. Zoonooz, San Diego 55 (4): 4-10, figs. 1-16.
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