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Pohlin, F.; Frei, C.; Meyer, L.C.R.; Roch, F.F.; Quijada, N.M.; Conrady, B.; Neubauer, V.; Hofmeyr, M.; Cooper, D.; Stalder, G.; Wetzels, S.U. 2023. Capture and transport of white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) cause shifts in their fecal microbiota composition towards dysbiosis. Conservation Physiology 11 (coad 089): 1-17. doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coad089

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Rybin, E.P.; Bolorbat, T.; Khatsenovich, A.M.; Margad-Erdene, G.; Klementiev, A.M.; Odsuren, D.; Marchenko, D.V.; Gunchinsuren, B. 2025. Preliminary report on the excavations at Khairkhan-1 Cave in Zavkhan Aimag, Western Mongolia. Studia Archaeologica (Instıtute of Archaeology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences) 47 (6): 71-76. doi.org/10.5564/sa.v47i1.4345

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Mellya, R.V.K.; Hopcraft, J.G.C.; Mwakilema, W.; Eblate, E.M.; Nduma, S.; (and many others) 2025. Natural dispersal is better than translocation for reducing risks of inbreeding depression in eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli). PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America) 122 (23) e2414412122: 1-12. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2414412122

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Kuiper, T.; Haussmann, S.; Whitfield, S.; Polakow, D.; Dreyer, C.; Ferreira, S.; Hofmeyr, M.; Shaw, J.; Bird, J.; Bourn, M.; (and many others) 2025. Dehorning reduces rhino poaching. Science 388 (6751): 1075-1081. doi.org/10.1126/science.ado7490

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Castanos-Ugarte, P.; Suarez-Bilbao, A.; Murelaga-Bereicua, X. 2025. A complete hyoid bone of a woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) from the Late Pleistocene at Artazu VIII (Gipuzkoa, northern Iberian Peninsula). Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia 76: 1-6. doi.org/10.21630/maa.2025.76.06

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Sekgobela, N.P.; Vorster, I.; Troskie, M.; Quan, M.; Zimmermann, D.E.; Hassim, A.; Neves, L.; Bhoora, R.V. 2025. Advancing disease surveillance in rhinoceroses: a multiplex real-time PCR assay for detecting Theileria bicornis and Babesia bicornis. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 16 (6): 1-9. doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2025.102552

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Potter, T.; Prothero, D.R.; Welsh, E. 2025. Allometric trends in growth of the chalicothere Moropus elatus (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Chalicotheriidae). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 100: 171-174.

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Rispoli, L.A.; Donelan, E.; Pennington, P.M.; Joyner, P.H.; Roth, T.L. 2025. Evaluating alternatives to flow cytometry for sex-sorting rhinoceros sperm. Theriogenology Wild 7 (100135): 1-9. doi.org/10.1016/j.therwi.2025.100135

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Kampouridis, P.; Kyrlakouli, C.; Ferreira, G. de Souza 2025. Unique pathological phalangeal fusion in the chalicothere subfamily Chalicotheriinae and the interphalangeal immobilization in chalicotheres. The Science of Nature 112:59: 1-7. doi.org/10.1007/s00114-025-02011-0

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Samanta, D.; Mullick, R.K.; Mandal, R.K.; Sanphui, P. 2025. Spatial-computational assessment of land-use strategies impacting wildlife and infrastructure in Dooars region. International Journal of Human Computations and Intelligence 4 (5): 590-597. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17044345

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Hamad, M.H.; Junsiri, W.; Sumpanpae, T.; Narapakdeesakul, D.; Taweethavonsawat, P. 2025. Metabarcoding characterization of gastrointestinal strongyle nematodes in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) in a private zoo, Thailand. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 134: 1-6. doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2025.105817

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Paterson, R.S.; Mackie, M.; Capobianco, A.; (and many others) 2025. Phylogenetically informative proteins from an Early Miocene rhinocerotid. Nature 643: 719–724. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09231-4

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Varte, N.R.; Bhattacharyya, K.; Saikia, N. 2025. Advancing environmental monitoring: YOLO algorithm for real- time detection of greater one-horned rhinos. International Journal of Environmental Sciences 11 (11s): 995-1007. doi.org/10.64252/hg0c1n40

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Xue Li; Shuyu Zuo; Ming Li; Lei Su 2025. Novel gut bacteria species Paenibacillus ilasis with phosphorus degrading and soluble starch hydrolysis abilities isolated from fresh feces of rhinoceros. Scientific Reports (Nature) 15, 21750: 1-15. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-06760-w

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Berghuis, H.W.K.; Bergh, G. van den; Kolfschoten, T. van; Wibowo, U.P.; Kurniawan, Y.; Adhityatama, S.; Sutisna, I.; Verheyen, I.; Pop, E.; Veldkamp, A.; Joordens, J.C.A. 2025. First vertebrate faunal record from submerged Sundaland: The late Middle Pleistocene, hominin-bearing fauna of the Madura Strait. Quaternary Environments and Humans 3 (2): 1-48. doi.org/10.1016/j.qeh.2024.100047

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Manqana, M.M.; Wessels, L.; Grobler, J.P.; Ehlers, K. 2025. Exploring the techniques and challenges for recovering human touch DNA from white rhino (Ceratotherium simum) to combat poaching. Forensic Science International 369 (112417): 1-6. doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2025.112417

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Mitchell, J.K.; Matthee, S.; Ndhlovu, A.; Miller, M.; Buss, P.; Matthee, C.A. 2025. The microbiome and Coxiella diversity found in Amblyomma hebraeum and Dermacentor rhinocerinus ticks sampled from white rhinoceros. Microbial Ecology 88:48: 1-13. doi.org/10.1007/s00248-025-02549-6

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Wang Gaojianyong; Korody, M.L.; Braend, B.; Hernandez-Toro, C.J.; Rohrandt, C.; Hong, K.; Chun Pan, A.W.; Lee, J.; Migliorelli, G.; Stanke, M.; Ford, S.M.; Pollmann, I.; Houck, M.L.; Lewin, H.A.; Lear, T.L.; Ryder, O.A.; Meissner, A.; Loring, J.F.; Mueller, F.J. 2025. Genomic map of the functionally extinct northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni). PNAS 122 (20) e2401207122: 1-9. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2401207122

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Smuts, M.P.; Bruin, P.R. de; Fosgate, G.T.; Vorster, L.; Rey, M. de la; Lichtenberg, C.; Young, C.; Durrant, B.S.; Meyer, L.C.R.; Holm, D.E. 2025. Factors affecting in vitro oocyte maturation in Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum). Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 96: 39-48. doi.org/10.36303/JSAVA.684

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Heniff, A.C.; Lynch, A.M.; Ruterbories, L.K.; Minter, L.J.; Georoff, T.A.; Balko, J.A. 2025. Investigation of a point-of-care viscoelastic coagulation monitor and its comparison to thromboelastography in 9 female southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum). American Journal of Veterinary Research 86 (6): 1-9. doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.24.10.0322

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Fraser, D.; Gilbert, M.; Rybczynski, N.; Dawson, M.R. 2025. Post-Eocene rhinocerotid dispersal via the North Atlantic. Vertebrate Anatomy, Morphology, Palaeontology 13 (Canadian Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology 2025 Abstracts): 21.

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Muntifering, J.R.; Beytell, P.; Dax, L.; Karutjaiva, L.; Malherbe, A.; Naomab, C.; Shivute, B.A.; Uri-Khob, S.; Knight, A.T. 2025. Pathways to more inclusive and effective black rhino conservation: Insights from a decade of design and delivery in NW Namibia. Conservation Science and Practice 2025;e70048: 1-16. doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70048

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Boesch, J.M.; Gleed, R.D.; Buss, P.; Tordiffe, A.S.W.; Zeiler, G.E.; Viljoen, F.P.; Harvey, B.H.; Parry, S.A.; Miller, M.; Meyer, L.C.R. 2025. Etorphine induces pathophysiology in immobilized white rhinoceros through sympathomimesis that is attenuated by butorphanol. Conservation Physiology 13 (1): coaf009: 1-21. doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaf009

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Bhatt, R.; Joshi, K.P.; Karki, J.B.; Ayer, K.; Bhusal, A.; Miya, M.S.; Pant, G.; Thagunna, R.S.; Joshi, L.R.; Dhami, B. 2025. The rhinoceros relocation mystery: unraveling the determinants of habitat use and conservation threats of translocated population in Nepal. International Journal of Zoology 2025, Article ID 8884833: 1-14. doi.org/10.1155/ijz/8884833

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Ruggeri, E.; Klohonatz, K.; Sirard, M.A.; Durrant, B.S. 2024. Identification and preliminary analysis of granulosa cell biomarkers to predict oocyte in vitro maturation outcome in the southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum). Animals 14: 3538: 1-15. doi.org/10.3390/ani14233538

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