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The Rhino Document Library
Contains a total of 30085 references.
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EMS Foundation 2024. South Africa’s rhino horn stockpiles – intrinsic to illegal trade (Where have all the rhinos gone? Part 2). Johannesburg, EMS Foundation. pp. 1-79.
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Kawata, K. 2024. Animal and people potpouri: cogitations from a zoo dinosaur. Zoo Grapevine and International Zoo News Summer 2024: 33-36.
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Rahmadini, F.A.; Harianto, S.P.; Winarno, G.D.; Dewi, B.S. 2023. Habitat characteristics and rhino populations based on community perceptions in the buffer village of Rawa Bunder Resort, Way Kambas National Park. JOPFE Journal 3 (2): 1-10.
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Care for the Wild 2023. Sabi Sands: Spirit gives birth to 7th calf. Care for the Wild Newsletter September-October 2023: 1-4.
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Kock, R.; Mihok, S.; Gakuya, F. 2023. Southern white Rhino gifts to Aitong, Kenya – fly in the ointment?. Proceedings of 1st Wildlife Scientific Conference (Naivasha, Kenya). p. 68.
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Kamau, M.W.; Brown, J.L.; Boisseau, N.; Gaymer, J.; Hassell, J.; Martins, D.J.; Murray, S. 2023. Non-invasive assessment of ovarian activity in free-ranging eastern black rhinoceros (Dceros bicornis michaeli) in KenyaNon-invasive assessment of ovarian activity in free-ranging eastern black rhinoceros (Dceros bicornis michaeli) in Kenya. Proceedings of 1st Wildlife Scientific Conference (Naivasha, Kenya). p. 66.
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Khayale, C.; Cain, B.; Amin, R.; Jones, M.; Walker, S.L.; Edwards, K.L.; Mulama, M. 2023. Development of a science-based integrated metapopulation management plan for the Kenyan black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli). Proceedings of 1st Wildlife Scientific Conference (Naivasha, Kenya). p. 7.
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Hinsley, A.; Masters, S. 2024. Patents reveal shift in global wildlife trade. Swara, Nairobi October-December 2024: 16-17.
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Mangat, M. 2024. Gurcharan Roopra: a journey through the lens with wildlife photographer. Swara, Nairobi October-December 2024: 53-57.
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Patton, F. 2024. The threat of alien species to East Africa’s ecosystems. Swara, Nairobi October-December 2024: 18-22.
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Hullot, M.; Martin, C.; Blondel, C.; Becker, D.; Roessner, G.E. 2024. Paleobiology and paleoecology of the woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) in Northern and Central Europe: New insights from multi-proxy data. Quaternary International 713 (109573): 1-16. doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2024.10.005
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Mecozzi, B.; Iannucci, A.; Carpentieri, M.; Pineda, A.; Rabinovich, R.; Sardella, R.; Moncel, M.-H. 2024. Climatic and environmental changes of ~100 thousand years: The mammals from the early Middle Pleistocene sequence of Notarchirico (southern Italy). PLoS ONE 19(10): e0311623: 1-34. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311623
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 2024. The historical range of the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis in South Asia. In: Rookmaaker, K., The Rhinoceros of South Asia. Leiden, Boston: Brill (Emergence of Natural History, vol. 6). 713-718. doi.org/10.1163/9789004691544_066
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 2024. The historical range of the Javan Rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus in South Asia. In: Rookmaaker, K., The Rhinoceros of South Asia. Leiden, Boston: Brill (Emergence of Natural History, vol. 6). 719-722. doi.org/10.1163/9789004691544_067
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Rookmaaker, L.C. 2024. The historical range of the Sumatran Rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis in South Asia. In: Rookmaaker, K., The Rhinoceros of South Asia. Leiden, Boston: Brill (Emergence of Natural History, vol. 6). 722-725. doi.org/10.1163/9789004691544_068
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Wikelski, M. 2024. Protect white rhinos by legalizing horn trade. Science 386 (11 october 2024): 157.
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Borges, J.N.; Symeonakis, E.; Higginbottom, T.P.; Jones, M.; Cain, B. 2024. Assessing habitat suitability: the case of black rhino in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Remote Sensing 16 (2855): 1-17. doi.org/10.3390/rs16152855
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Gakuya, F.; Kock, R.; Lekolool, I.; Mihok, S. 2024. Trypanosomiasis in introduced Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) gifts to ex situ habitat in Aitong, Kenya. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 60 (4): 886-902. doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-24-00026
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Mallet, C.; Houssaye, A. 2024. Deciphering the influence of evolutionary legacy and functional constraints on the patella: an example in modern rhinoceroses amongst perissodactyls. PeerJ 12 (e18067): 1-33. doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18067
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Pienaar, M.; Dadour, I.R. 2024. Post-mortem interval determinations using insects collected from illegally hunted and dehorned rhinoceros in the Republic of South Africa from 2014 to 2021. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 39: 58-68. doi.org/10.1111/mve.12760
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Mondal, S.; Chauhan, L. 2024. The conservation challenge: environmental and legal aspects of one-horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis) protection in India. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology 45 (19): 47-55. doi.org/10.56557/upjoz/2024/v45i194498
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Handa, N.; Takahashi, K. 2024. A review of the taxonomy, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography of Plio-Pleistocene rhinoceroses in Japan. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 276 (106357): 1-15. doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2024.106357
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Longuet, M.; Handa, N.; Zin Maung Maung Thein; Thaung Htike; Man-Thit-Nyein; Takai, Masanaru 2024. Post-cranial remains of Rhinocerotidae from the Neogene of central Myanmar: morphological descriptions and comparisons with ratios. Historical Biology 37 (8): 1859-1873. doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2024.2408617
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Etienne, C.; Viot, J.; Watson, P.J.; Fagan, M.J.; Houssaye, A. 2024. How compactness affects long bone resistance to compression – an investigation into the rhinoceros humerus. Journal of Anatomy 246 (1): 45-62. doi.org/10.1111/joa.14141
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