The Rhino Document Library

Contains a total of 30237 references.

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Anonymous 1828. Iconographie des mammiferes ou collection de figures representant les mammiferes qui peuvent servir de types pour chaque degre d'organisation et des formes. Paris, Bureau de l'Encyclopedie Portative: pp. 1-28, pls. 1-4.

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Pigafetta, F. 1881. A report of the Kingdom of Congo, and of the surrounding countries; drawn out of the writings and discourses of the Portuguese, Duarte Lopez, by Filippo Pigafetta, in Rome, 1591 Newly Translated from the Italian, and edited, with explanatory notes. London, John Murray. pp. i-xxi, 1-174.

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Thompson, G.; Forbes, V.S. 1967. Travels and adventures in Southern Africa, edited, with notes by Vernon S Forbes. Cape Town, Van Riebeeck Society, Works vol. 48, 49. vol. 1 (1967), pp. i-xxvi, 1-187; volume 2 (1968), pp. i-xiv, 1-277.

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Grout, L. 1863. Zulu-Land; or, life among the Zulu-Kafirs of Natal and Zulu-land, South Africa. Philadelphia, Presbyterian Publication Committee: pp. 1-351.

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Casalis, E. 1859. Les Bassoutos: ou vingt-trois annees de sejour et d'observations au sud de l'Afrique. Paris, Ch. Meyrueis et Cie: pp. i-vi, 1-370.

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Lydekker, R. 1905. The Singpho rhinoceros. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 106 (2743), 1905 July 22: 152.

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Lydekker, R. 1907. A one-horned white rhinoceros. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 110 (2870), 1907 December 28: 1119.

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Butler, H. 1841. South African sketches; illustrative of the wild life of a hunter on the frontier of the Cape Colony. London, Ackermann and Co: pp. 1-16, pls. 1-16.

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Bingley, W. 1803. Animal biography; or, authentic anecdotes of the lives, manners and economy, of the animal creation, arranged according to the system of Linnaeus. Volume 1, Quadrupeds. London, Printed for Richard Phillips.

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Kubiak, H.; Drygant, D.M. 2005. The Starunia collections in Lviv and Krakow Natural History Museums and history of paleontological studies [with Polish and Ukrainian abstracts]. In: Kotarba M.J., ed: Geological Studies 2004-2005 at Starunia – The area of discoveries of woolly rhinoceroses. Warsaw-Krakow: Polish Geological Institute and Society of Research on Environmental Changes Geosphere. pp. 37-44.

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Tscherski, J.D. 1879. Opisanie nekotorykh iskopaemykh ostatkov mlekupytayushchikh zhivotnykh (Canis Nischneudensis mihi, Canis lagopus L., Myodes Brandti mihi, etiifrustum corii Rhinocerotis fossilis) vyrytykh" v" Nizhneudinskoy peshcher" (s" tablizeyu risunkov") [Description of some fossil mammal remains (Canis Nischneudensis mihi, Canis lagopus L., Myodes Brandti mihi, etiifrustum corii Rhinocerotis fossilis) from the Nizhneudinsk cave (with drawings)] [in Russian]. Izvestya Vostochno-Sibirskago otdela Imperatorskago Russkago geograficheskago ob-va, Irkutsk 10 (1-2): 7-36, Pls 1 (9 figs).

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Africa Environment 2000 1997. Historical background of black rhinos in zambezi Valley; Rhino girls honored, ride for rhinos; Baby black rhino born at San Francisco Zoo. Newsletter Sanctuary 1997 Spring: 1-4.

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Planton, H. 1999. Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1.

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Alexander, J.E. 1838. An expedition of discovery into the interior of Africa, through the hitherto undescribed countries of the Great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras. London, Henry Colburn. vol. 1, pp. i-xxiv, 1-302; vol. 2, pp. i-viii, 1-306.

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Andersson, C.J. 1856. Lake Ngami; or, explorations and discoveries, during four years’ wanderings in the wilds of South Western Africa. London, Hurst and Blackett: pp. i-xviii, 1-546.

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Camerini, J.R. 1993. Evolution, biogeography, and maps: an early history of Wallace's line. Isis 84 (4): 700-727.

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Rookmaaker, L.C.; Meister, J. 1988. Euryotis brantsii A. Smith, 1834 (currently Parotomys brantsii; Mammalia, Cricetidae): proposed conservation of specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45 (1): 43-44.

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Lindley, A. 1875. After Ophir; or, a search for the South African goldfields, 2nd ed. London, Paris and New York, Cassell, Petter and Galpin: pp. i-viii, 1-312.

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Kirk, J. 1965. The Zambesi Journal and letters of Dr John Kirk 1858-63, edited by R Foskett. Edinburgh and London, Oliver and Boyd. vol. 1, pp. i-xxi, 1-317; vol. 2, pp. i-vi, 318-636.

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Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B. 1991. Major decline in Yemen's rhino horn imports. Swara 14 (3): 23-27, figs. 1-7.

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Gorjanovic-Kramberger, D. 1913. Fosilni rinocerotidi Hrvatske i Slavonije, s osobitim obzirom na Rhinoceros Mercki iz Krapine (De rhinocerotidibus fossilibus Croatie et Slavoniae, praecipua ratione habita Rhinocerotis Mercki var. Krapinensis mihi) [in Croatian & Latin]. Djela Jugoslavenske Akademije, JAZU, Knjizara Jugoslavenske Akademije, Zagreb XXII (8): pp. i-viii, 1-70, Pls. I-XIII.

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Schaller Lopez, P. 1998. Significant behavioral interaction between a Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardis reticulata) and a Southern White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum). Animal Keeper's Forum 25 (8): 314-317, 2 plates.

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Rumphius, G.E. 1705. D’Amboinsche Rariteitkamer, Behelzende eene Beschryvinge van allerhande zoo weeke als harde Schaalvisschen te weeten raare Krabben, Kreeften, en diergelyke Zeedieren als medeallerhande Hoorntjes en Schulpen, die men in d’Amboinsche Zee vindt: daar beneven zommige Mineraalen, Gesteenten, en soorten van Aarde, die in d’Amboinsche, en zommige omleggende Eilanden gevonden worden. Amsterdam, Francois Halma: pp. i-xxx, 1-340, 1-40.

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Scheuchzer, J.J. 1730. Jobs heylige natuur-kennis, vergeleeken met de hedensdaagsche natuur-kunde; behelzende, een voortreffelyke en schriftmaatige uytbreydinge van het boek deses Heyligen Schryvers. Amsterdam, Hendrik Vieroot: pp. 1-538, index.

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Sparrman, A. 1785. A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic polar circle, and round the world, but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to1776. London, G.G.J. and J. Robinson. vol. 1, pp. i-xxviii, 1-368; vol. 2, pp. i-viii, 1-347, [348-354].

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