Above: Galen and Ruben Mwakisoma with newly described Gray-faced sengi, Rhynchocyon udzungwensis.

• 1. Morales-Vela, B., D. Olivera-Gomez, J.E. Reynolds, III, and G.B. Rathbun. 2000. Distribution and habitat use by manatees Trichechus manatus manatus in Belize and Chetumal Bay, Mexico. Biological Conservation 95:67-75. [892 KB PDF]
  2. Rathbun, G. B. and S.N. Kyalo. 2000. Golden-rumped elephant-shrew. Pp. 125-129, 340-341 in R.P. Reading and B.J. Miller (eds.). Endangered animals – A reference guide to conflicting issues. Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut. 383 pp. [3.5 MB PDF]
  3. Rathbun, G. B. and R.L. Wallace. 2000. Florida manatee. Pp. 107-111, 337-338 in R.P. Reading and B.J. Miller (eds). Endangered animals — A reference guide to conflicting issues. Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut. 383 pp. [3.5 MB PDF]
  4. Rathbun, G. B., B.B. Hatfield and T. G. Murphey. 2000. Status of translocated sea otters at San Nicolas Island, California. Southwestern Naturalist 45(3):322-328. [600 KB PDF]
  5. Lefebvre, L.W., M. Marmontel, J. Reid, G.B. Rathbun, and D. Domning. 2001. Status and biogeography of the West Indian manatee. Pp. 425-474 in C. Woods and F.E. Sergile (Eds.), Biogeography of the West Indies: past, present, and future, second edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 582 pp. [4.4 MB PDF]
  6. Germano, D.J., G.B. Rathbun, and L.R. Saslaw. 2001. Managing exotic grasses and conserving declining species. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29(2):551-559. [2.2 MB PDF]
  7. Fellers, G.M., A. Launer, G.B. Rathbun, S. Bobzien, J. Alvarez, D. Sterner, R.B. Seymour, and M. Westphal. 2001. Overwintering tadpoles in the California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii). Herpetological Review:32(3):156-157. [220 KB PDF]
  8. Rathbun, G. B. 2001. Elephant Shrews. Pp. 716-721 in D. Macdonald (Ed.), The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, New York. 930 pp. [1.1 MB PDF]
  9. Jennings, M.R. and G.B. Rathbun. 2001. Petrodromus tetradactylus. American Society of Mammalogists, Mammalian Species Account (782):1-6. [264 KB PDF]

  	Above: Black mongoose, Galerella nigrata. Below: Namib Desert golden mole, Eremitalpa granti namibensis.

  10. Rathbun, G. B. and J. Schneider. 2001. Translocation of California red-legged frogs (Rana aurora draytonii). Wildlife Society Bulletin 29(4):1300-1303. [792 KB PDF]
  11. Rathbun, G. B. and P.F. Woodall. 2002. A bibliography of elephant-shrews or sengis (Macroscelidea). Mammal Review 32(1):66-70. [176 KB PDF]
  12. Rathbun, G. B., N.J. Scott, Jr., and T.G. Murphey. 2002. Terrestrial habitat use by Pacific pond turtles in a Mediterranean climate. Southwestern Naturalist 47(2):225-235. [3.6 MB PDF]
  13. Rathbun, G. B. and L. Rathbun (eds.). 2002. Tales from the Cambria Woods - A collection of Essays About Our Forest. The Cambria Forest Committee, Cambria, California. 51 pp.
  14. Rathbun, G. B. and D. Ribble. 2003. Does the Golden-rumped Sengi (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus) occur in coastal Tanzania? Afrotherian Conservation – Newsletter of the IUCN-SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group 2:6. [148 KB PDF]
  15. Rathbun, G. B. 2004. The Shadow Hunter. Africa Geographic Magazine (February 2004) 12(1):18-19. [452 KB PDF]
  16. Rathbun, G. B., T. Cowley, and O. Zapke. 2005. Black mongoose (Galerella nigrata) home range and social behaviour affected by abundant food at an antelope carcass. African Zoology 40:154-157. [208 KB PDF]
  17. Rathbun, G. B. and C.D. Rathbun. 2005. Does the Cape Sengi (Elephantulus edwardii) occur in Namibia? Afrotherian Conservation – Newsletter of the IUCN-SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group 3:5-6. [968 KB PDF]
  18. Rathbun, G. B. (ed.). 2005. Order Macroscelidea. Pp. 22-34 in Skinner, J. D. and C. T. Chimimba. The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion, third edition. Cambridge University Press, Cape Town, South Africa. 814 pp. [5.3 MB PDF]
  19. Rathbun, G. B. and C. D. Rathbun. 2005. Noki or dassie-rate (Petromus typicus) feeding ecology and petrophily. Belgian Journal of Zoology 135 (Supplement):69-75. [428 KB PDF]
  20. Rathbun, G. B. and C. D. Rathbun. 2006. Social structure of the bushveld sengi (Elephantulus intufi) in Namibia and the evolution of monogamy in the Macroscelidea. Journal of Zoology, London 269(3):391-399. [324 KB PDF]
  21. Rathbun, G. B. and C. D. Rathbun. 2006. Radio-tracking Namib Desert golden moles. Afrotherian Conservation – Newsletter of the IUCN-SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group 4:5-6. [420 KB PDF]
  22. Rathbun, G. B. and C. D. Rathbun. 2006. Social monogamy in the noki or dassie-rat (Petromus typicus) in Namibia. Mammalian Biology 71(4):203-213. [200 KB PDF]
  23. Rovero, F. and G.B. Rathbun.. 2006. A potentially new giant sengi (elephant-shrew) from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. Journal of East African Natural History 95:111-115. [332 KB PDF]

  	Above: Dassie-rat or Noki, Petromus typicus. Below: Round-eared sengi, Macroscelides proboscideus.

  24. Rathbun, G. B. and C. D. Rathbun. 2006. Habitat use by radio-tagged Namib Desert golden moles (Eremitalpa granti namibensis). African Journal of Ecology 45:196-201. [460 KB PDF]
  25. Rathbun, G. B. and C. D. Rathbun. 2006. Sheltering, basking, and petrophily in the noki or dassie-rat (Petromus typicus) in Namibia. Mammalia 2006:269-275. [260 KB PDF]
  26. Hayes, M.P., M.R. Jennings and G.B. Rathbun. 2006. Rana draytonii (California Red-legged Frog). Prey. Herpetological Review 37:449. [ 16 KB PDF]
  27. Rathbun, G. B. and J. Kingdon. 2006. The etymology of “SENGIS”. Afrotherian Conservation – Newsletter of the IUCN-SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group 4:14-15. [45 KB PDF]
  28. Rathbun, G. B. and L. B. Lackey. 2007. A brief graphical history of sengis in captivity. Afrotherian Conservation – Newsletter of the IUCN-SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group 5:7-8. [264 KB PDF]
  29. Rovero, F., G.B. Rathbun., A. Perkin, T. Jones, D. O. Ribble, C. Leonard, R. R. Mwakisoma, and N. Doggart. 2008. A new species of giant sengi or elephant-shrew (genus Rhynchocyon) highlights the exceptional biodiversity of the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania. Journal of Zoology 274:126-133. [476 KB PDF]
  30. Schipper, J., G. B. Rathbun, et al. 2008. The status of the world’s land and marine mammals: diversity, threat, and knowledge. Science 322:225-230. [5.2 MB PDF]
  31. Rathbun, G. B. and T. E. Cowley. 2008. Behavioural ecology of the black mongoose (Galerella nigrata) in Namibia. Mammalian Biology 73:444-450. [288 KB PDF]
  32. Scott, N. J., G. B. Rathbun, T. G. Murphey, and M. B. Harker. 2008. Reproduction of Pacific pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata) in coastal streams of central California. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 3(2):143-148. [156 KB PDF]
  33. Germano, D. J. and G. B. Rathbun. 2008. Growth, population structure, and reproduction of Western Pond Turtles (Actinemys marmorata) on the central coast of California. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7(2):188-194. [224 KB PDF]
  34. Rathbun, G. B. 2008. Tales of sengi tails. Afrotherian Conservation - Newsletter of the IUCN-SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group 6:8-10. [538 KB PDF]
  35. Rathbun, G. B. 2009. Why is there discordant diversity in sengi (Mammalia: Afrotheria: Macroscelidea) taxonomy and ecology? African Journal of Ecology 47:1-13. [Request PDF]
  36. Rathbun, G. B. In press. Rhynchocyon cirnei, R. chrysopygus, R. petersi, and Petrodromus tetradactylus. Pp. XX in Kingdon, J. S., Happold, D. C. D., & Hoffmann, M. (eds.), Mammals of Africa. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
  37. Kingdon, J., E. R. Seiffert, B. Hedges, and G. Rathbun. In press. Supercohort Afrotheria. Pp. XX in Kingdon, J. S., Happold, D. C. D., & Hoffmann, M. (eds.), Mammals of Africa. Academic Press, Amsterdam.

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