RHINOCEROSES Gateway to Information

California Digital Library MELVYL catalog
    The public may access recent book titles added to the University of California campus library catalogs using MELVYL.  This search will take a minute or so to complete and it will include fossil rhinoceroses and some works of fiction.

                Melvyl Catalog Search:
                Using Subject Search, type in Subject Terms: "rhinoceros or rhinoceroses"
 

The following embedded searches allow you to click and initiate a stored search.  It will be automatically run, retreiving the most current information.

Pubmed
Provides citations and abstracts for articles published in journals in medicine, life science and health administration.  It is
maintained by the National Library of Medicine and is freely available. 

Rhinoceroses or Rhinoceros

Agricola
Provides citations to U.S. literature in the agriculture and life sciences, including veterinary medicine.  It is maintained by the
National Agricultural Library and is freely available. 

Rhinoceroses or Rhinoceros

California Digital Library Searchlight
    Searchlight will search all of the Science & Engineering or Social Sciences & Humanities databases availbable to you in your profile.  That is, if you are a UC affiliate, you will have more databases searched than an unaffiliated public user.  SearchLight will search all the available databases at the same time.  The results will include books, journals and encyclopedia articles and quality internet sites.

Encyclopedia Articles

Information regarding all different species of rhinos and provides numberous exciting rhino links.

Microsoft Encarta Online encyclopedia article : Rhinoceros 

Communication between Black Rhinos [including a sound bite]

The ghosts of Way Kambas [Sumatran rhinoceros], by Greg Breining,  International Wildlife, 28(5)

Rarest of the rare [Javan rhinosceros conservation], Janet Maloff, 4 Sep 1999 Science News.

Rhinceros horn and tiger bone in China : an investigation of trade since the 1993 ban : a TRAFFIC network report, by J A Mills.

Semen collection in Diceros bicornis, by Susan Inkster
          The aim of the project was to condition Mwaniki, the subject male, Kenyan Black Rhino, to produce regular semen samples, in response to a modified artificial vagina, and to evaluate the quality of the samples on production.

David Sheldrick Wildlife Fund
    Dedicated the protection and preservation of the Black Rhino for anti-poaching and the elephant cause.  Includes latest news and updates on current issues and action, newsletters and contacts.

International Rhino Foundation
     This foundation is dedicated to the worldwide conservation of all five species of rhinoceroses.  It provides other active organizations with support that are helping both in captivity rhinos and in the wild rhinos.  The site has links to other specialist groups the are concerned also with the plight of the rhino.  Provides access to ways that you can help.

Khama Rhino Sanctuary Trust
     A community-based wildlife project in Boswana, established in 1992 to assist in saving the vanishing Rhino.

Save the Rhino International
       Since 1990, Save the Rhino International (SRI) has evolved into the leading non-profit rhino organization.  The charity
           is committed to ensuring the survival of the rhinoceros species in the wild by working closely with local communities and
           providing ongoing support for wildlife managers and game rangers.

Sebakwe Black Rhino Trust; conservancy group in Zimbabwe
       Established in 1989 to help save Zimbabwe's Black Rhinos from extinction.

SOS Rhino
          SOS Rhino is a non-profit foundation that specializes in the reproductive problems of rhinos, especially the Sumatran rhinos, and consults for zoos in such countries as Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal, India, Australia and the United States.  Provides information regarding rhino facts and resources, rhinos in the news and how to contact the organization.

United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Species Presentations and Species Survival Plans

Rhinoceros
 Cat Tales Zoological Park : Rhinoceros
    A brief description of the physical attributes of the all five species of rhinoceros, their habitats and behaviors.
 WWF : Rhinos
    This site discusses the current threat to the rhinoceros' survival and describes the lengths that many rhino inhabited countries have taken to protect the species.

Black Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros bicornis)
 Black Rhinoceros
    Gives a brief history of the black rhinoceros and focuses attention on rhino population and causes of extinction.
 Black Rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis
    Discusses in particular the physical characteristics, diet, behavior, environmental/global habitats, conservation efforts, research and investigation programs and suggested reading of the African Black Rhino (Diceros Bicornis).

Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)

The Woolly Rhinoceros (Coelodonta Antiquitatis)
      Model of an adult male woolly rhinoceros from Tursec, France.

University of Edinburgh Natural History Museum, Perissodactyla page
         A discussion of the Perissodactyla suborders, Ceratomorpha which include rhinoceroses and tapirs, Hippomorpha and a now extinct suborder, Ancyclopoda.

Nepal Wildlife Safari Tours