African Animals Bibliography

Information on the frogs is available from the web site of Bob Drewes, Curator and Chairman in the Academy’s Herpetology Department. View images, hear sounds, read descriptions of these frogs.

The Living Africa: Wildlife

http://www.abc.lv/thinkquest/tq-entries/16645/wildlife/wildlife.shtml

"The majority of the animals featured in this section are the larger land mammals that can be found in eastern and southern Africa." Find out about the animals’ lives and view images.

The Living Edens: Etosha -- Africa's Untamed Wilderness (Namibia)

http://www.pbs.org/edens/etosha/

Learn about animals like the springbok and jackal in this site from PBS.

The Living Edens: Madagascar - A World Apart

http://www.pbs.org/edens/madagascar/

Companion web site to video, includes information on lemurs and chameleons.

The Photography and Behavior of Animals

http://nature-wildlife.com/mammals.htm

What on earth does a warthog look like? What is it? Find out through these great images and descriptions.

Pre-Readers’ African Animals Quiz for Little Explorers

http://www.zoomwhales.com/classroom/K1/afanimals.shtml

Use the dictionary at the site to answer the questions about animals. Dictionary entries are illustrated.

Wildlife Africa's Animal Behavior

http://www.wildlifeafrica.co.za/animalbehavior.html

Learn about the behavior of some of the animals found in Africa.

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On Display in African Hall
Beisa Oryx (Oryx gazella beisa)
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/oryx/o._gazella$narrative.html

http://nmnhwww.si.edu/cgi-bin/wdb/msw/names/query?scr_mode=T&name=Oryx+gazella

Manzanita Images:
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?special=browse&where-lifeform=Mammal&where-taxon=Oryx+gazella+beisa

Black Lechwe (Kobus leche smithemani)
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/kobus/k._leche$narrative.html

http://gorilla.bio.uniroma1.it/amd/amd176b.html

Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
http://www.honoluluzoo.org/black_rhinoceros.htm

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/diceros/d._bicornis$narrative.html

Manzanita Images
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?where-lifeform=any&rel-namesoup=like&where-namesoup=black+rhinoceros&rel-u_location=like&where-u_location=&rel-county=eq&where-county=none&rel-state=eq&where-state=none&rel-country=eq&where-country=none&rel-continent=eq&where-continent=Africa+%281050%29&where-collectn=any&rel-photographer=eq&where-photographer=any&rel-kwid=equals&where-kwid=

Black & White Colobus Monkey (Colobus abyssinnicus)
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/colobus/c._guereza$narrative.html

http://itech.fgcu.edu/faculty/sstans/ColoHuff.html

Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)

http://www.abc.lv/thinkquest/tq-entries/16645/wildlife/bushbuck.shtml

http://www.bartleby.com/65/bu/bushbuck.html

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/tragelaphus/t._scriptus$narrative.html

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Cheetah.asp

http://lynx.uio.no/catfolk/jubssa1e.htm

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/acinonyx/a._jubatus$narrative.html

Manzanita Project - Cheetah photographs
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?where-genre=Animal&rel-namesoup=like&where-namesoup=cheetah&where-lifeform=any&where-collectn=any&where-photographer=any&rel-u_location=like&where-u_location=&where-continent=none&where-country=none&where-state=none&where-county=none&rel-kwid=equals&where-kwid=

Common Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/kobus/k._ellipsiprymnus$narrative.html

http://www.abc.lv/thinkquest/tq-entries/16645/wildlife/waterbuck.shtml

http://nature-wildlife.com/watb0.html

Manzanita Images
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?where-genre=Animal&rel-namesoup=like&where-namesoup=Kobus+ellipsiprymnus&where-lifeform=any&where-collectn=any&where-photographer=any&rel-u_location=like&where-u_location=&where-continent=none&where-country=none&where-state=none&where-county=none&rel-kwid=equals&where-kwid=

Dik-dik (Rhynchotragus kirki)
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/madoqua/m._kirkii$narrative.html

http://www.ultimateungulate.com/dikdikkirk.html

Manzanita Project - Dik-dik
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?where-lifeform=any&rel-namesoup=like&where-namesoup=dik+&rel-u_location=like&where-u_location=&rel-county=eq&where-county=none&rel-state=eq&where-state=none&rel-country=eq&where-country=none&rel-continent=eq&where-continent=Africa+%281050%29&where-collectn=any&rel-photographer=eq&where-photographer=any&rel-kwid=equals&where-kwid=

Dorcas Gazelle (Gazella dorcas)
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/gazella/g._dorcas$narrative.html

http://www.ultimateungulate.com/gazelledorc.html

Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)
http://www.abc.lv/thinkquest/tq-entries/16645/wildlife/gerenuk.shtml

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Myers/wildlife/gerenuk1.html

Manzanita Images
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?where-genre=Animal&rel-namesoup=like&where-namesoup=gerenuk&where-lifeform=any&where-collectn=any&where-photographer=any&rel-u_location=like&where-u_location=&where-continent=none&where-country=none&where-state=none&where-county=none&rel-kwid=equals&where-kwid=

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/giraffa/g._camelopardalis$narrative.html

http://nature-wildlife.com/girtxt.htm

http://nature-wildlife.com/gir0.html

http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/azgiraf.html

http://www.abc.lv/thinkquest/tq-entries/16645/wildlife/giraffe.shtml

Manzanita Images
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?where-genre=Animal&rel-namesoup=like&where-namesoup=Giraffa+camelopardalis&where-lifeform=any&where-collectn=any&where-photographer=any&rel-u_location=like&where-u_location=&where-continent=none&where-country=none&where-state=none&where-county=none&rel-kwid=equals&where-kwid=

Grevy’s Zebra (Equus grevyi)

http://www.seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/grevysab.html

http://www.animalinfo.org/species/artiperi/equugrev.htm

http://www.scz.org/animals/z/zebra.html

Grimm’s Duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)

http://www.uaf.edu/museum/mammal/Hayward/0104.htm

http://www.ultimateungulate.com/duikercom.html

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)

http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Hippopotamus.asp

http://www.scz.org/animals/h/hippo.html

Hunter’s Hartebeest (Damaliscus hunteri)

http://www.ultimateungulate.com/hirola.html

http://www.animalinfo.org/species/artiperi/damahunt.htm

Hunting Dogs (Lycaon pictus)

http://www.scz.org/animals/d/dog.html

http://www.awr.net/old/Carn/Canis/wd.html

Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus)

http://sailfish.exis.net/~spook/kliptxt.html

http://www.ultimateungulate.com/klipspring.html

Leopard (Panthera pardus)

http://lynx.uio.no/lynx/catfolk/ssaprd01.htm

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/panthera/p._pardus$narrative.html

Lion (Panthera leo)

http://lynx.uio.no/catfolk/afrleo01.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/11234/lion_any.html

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/panthera/p._leo$narrative.html

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei)

http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/mountgor.htm

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/gorilla/g._gorilla_beringei$narrative.html

http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/van_anim_gorilla.htm

Mountain Nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni)

http://www.animalinfo.org/species/artiperi/tragbuxt.htm

http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Tragelaphus_buxtoni.html

Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)

http://www.argphotoshop.com/baboon2.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildfacts/monkeys/fact_files/226.shtml

Oribi (Ourebia ourebi)

http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/animal/EngNames/oribi.html

Antelopes

http://www.geobop.com/Mammals/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Antelopes/

Red & Yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus)

http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/ry_barbet.htm

http://www.nfi.org.za/Birds/barbet2/traceryt.htm

http://www.honoluluzoo.org/Red_and_yellow_barbet.htm

Red-Billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus)

http://www.djuma.co.za/djuma/bird_oxpecker.htm

http://www.zoomwhales.com/paint/subjects/birds/printouts/Rboxpeckerprintout.shtml

Roan Antelope (Hippotragus equinus)

http://www.wildlifeafrica.co.za/roanbehavior.html

http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/animal/APAsrch3.cgi?qt=roan%20antelope

Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger)

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/hippotragus/h._niger$narrative.html

http://nature-wildlife.com/sabletxt.htm

Steinbok or Steenbok (Raphicerus camprestris)

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/raphicerus/r._campestris$narrative.html

http://www.uaf.edu/museum/mammal/Hayward/0113.htm

Vervet Monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops)

http://www.enviro.co.za/vervet/

http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/factsheets/cercopithecus_aethiops.html

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ANIMAL LIFE BOOKS
General Information
African Wildlife Policy Consultation. African Wildlife Policy Consultation: Final Report of the Consultation. Civil Service College, Sunningdale Park, Berkshire, United Kingdom, 18-19 April 1996. London, U.K.: Overseas Development Administration, 1996. Main SK571 .A38 1996.

Alden, Peter. National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife. New York: Knopf, 1995. Pub QL336 .N28 1995.

Astley Maberly, C. T. Animals of East Africa. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1966. M&O QL336 .A8 1966.

Astley Maberly, C. T. The Game Animals of Southern Africa. Johannesburg: Nelson, 1967. M&O SK251 .A79 1967.

Cloudsley-Thompson, J. L. The Zoology of Tropical Africa. New York: W. W. Norton 1969. Main QL336 .C57 1969.

Estes, Richard Despard. The Behaviour Guide to African Animals. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1991. Main REF QL731 .A1 E84 1991.

Iwago, Mitsuaki. Serengeti: Natural Order on the African Plain. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books,1987. S.C. QL337 .T3 I93 1987.

Kiss, Agnes. Living with Wildlife: Wildlife Resource Management with Local Participation in Africa. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, c1990. Main QL84.6 .A1 L58 1990.

Lawick, Hugo van. Among Predators and Prey. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1986. S.C. Books QL337 .E25 L38 1986.

Stuart, Chris and Tilde Stuart. Africa's Vanishing Wildlife. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. Biodiv & Main QL84.6 .A1 S78 1996.

Zoological Society of Southern Africa. African Zoology. Pretoria: Zoological Society of Southern Africa, 2000. Main Serials QL337 .S65 Z64.

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Amphibians & Reptiles
African Herp News: Herpetological Association of Africa Newsletter. [Bloemfontein, South Africa]: Herpetological Association of Africa, 1990-. Herp Serials.

Bauer, Aaron M., David A. Good, and Bill Branch. The Taxonomy of the Southern African Leaf-Toed Geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae): With a Review of Old World "Phyllodactylus" and the Description of Five New Genera. San Francisco, CA: California Academy of Sciences, 1997. CAS Pubs Q11 .C25 ser.4 v.49:14.

Branch, Bill. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik, 1998. Herp QL662 .A356 B72 1998.

Broadley, Donald G. A Revision of the African Snake Genus Prosymna Gray(Colubridae). Salisbury: National Museums and Monuments, 1980. Main Serials QH195 .Z55 O33 v.6:7.

Broadley, Donald G. A Revision of the Genus Lycophidion Fitzinger (Serpentes: Colubridae) in Africa South of the Equator. Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe: Distributed by the Natural History Museum, 1996. Herp QL666 .O636 B75 1996.

Broadley, Donald G. A Review of the Southern African Species of Kinixys Bell (Reptilia: Testudinidae). Pretoria, South Africa: Transvaal Museum, 1993. Main Serials 506 T688 v.36:6.

Daly, John W. et al. Madagascan Poison Frogs (Mantella) and Their Skin Alkaloids. New York, NY: American Museum of Natural History, c1996. Main Serials QH1.A5 A16 no.3177.

Drewes, Robert C. A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Hyperoliidae (Anura): Treefrogs of Africa, Madagascar and the Seychelles Islands. San Francisco, CA: California Academy of Sciences, 1984. Main Serials & REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C24 no.139.

Du Preez, L. H. Field Guide and Key to the Frogs & Toads of the Free State. Bloemfontein, South Africa: Dept. of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Orange Free State, 1996. Herp QL668 .E2 D86 1996.

Glaw, Frank and Miguel Vences. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Koln, Germany: Verlag, 1994. Herp QL662 .M28 G56 1994

Griffiths, Richard, Michael W. Klemens, and R. C. Tinsley, eds. African Amphibians: Proceedings of the 9th Symposium on African Amphibians. London: British Herpetological Society, 1998. Herp QL662 .A1 S94 1996.

Hedges, Norman G. Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa. Nairobi: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1983. Herp. QL662 .E2 H43 1983.

Isemonger, R. M. Snakes of Africa. Cape Town: Books of Africa, 1983. Herp QL666 .O6 I77 1983.

Kluge, Arnold G. and Nussbaum, Ronald A. A Review of African-Madagascan Gekkonid Lizard Phylogeny and Biogeography (Squamata). Ann Arbor, MI: Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1995. Main Serials QL1 .M5 no.183.

Marais, Johan. A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa. Halfway House [South Africa]: Southern Book Publishers, 1992. Herp QL666 .O6 M355 1992.

Passmore, N.I. South African Frogs: A Complete Guide. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1995. Herp. QL668 .E2 P28 1995.

Salvador, Alfredo. Amphibians of Northwest Africa. Washington, D.C.: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 1996. Herp Serials.

Schiøtz, Arne. Treefrogs of Africa. Frankfurt am Main: Ed. Chimaira, 1999. Herp QL668 .E24 S346 1999.

Schleich, Hans-Hermann, Werner Kästle, and Klaus Kabisch. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa: Biology, Systematics, Field Guide. Koenigstein, Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books, 1996. Herp QL662 .N67 S34 1996.

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Birds
Allan, D. G. Birding in Southern KwaZulu-Natal: Featuring Birds in Zulu Culture. KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: Hibiscus Coast and Country Publicity Association on behalf of Ugu Regional Council, 1998. Pub QL692 .S6 A44 1998.

Altenburg, Wibe. Waterfowl in West African Coastal Wetlands: a Summary of Current Knowledge of the Occurrence of Waterfowl in Wetlands from Guinea-Bissau to Cameroon and a Bibliography of Information Sources. Zeist, The Netherlands: Stichting WIWO, 1987. M&O QL692 .W4 A47 1987.

Clancey, P. A. Kingfishers of Sub-Saharan Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball and AD. Donker Publishers, 1992. M&O QL696 .C72 C58 1992.

Dowsett, Robert J. and Françoise Dowsett-Lemaire. A Contribution to the Distribution and Taxonomy of Afrotropical and Malagasy Birds. Jupille, Liège, Belgium: Tauraco Press, 1993. M&O QL692 .A1 D68 1993.

Dowsett, Robert J. and A. D. Forbes-Watson. Checklist of Birds of the Afrotropical and Malagasy Regions. Liège, Belgium: Tauraco Press, 1993. M&O QL692 .S7 D68 1993.

Gardner, Nick. A Birder’s Guide to Travel in Madagascar. London: N Gardner, 1992. M&O QL692 .M3 G37 1992.

Goodman, Steven M., et al. The Birds of Southeastern Madagascar. Chicago, IL: Field Museum of Natural History, 1997. Main QL1 .F4

Kemp, A. C. The Birds of Southern Africa. Johannesburg: Winchester Press, c1982. M&O QL692 .S66 F49 1982.

Langrand, Olivier. Guide to the Birds of Madagascar. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990. M&O QL692 .M3 L3613 1990.

Pomeroy, D. E. Counting Birds: A Guide to Assessing Numbers, Biomass and Diversity of Afrotropical Birds. Nairobi, Kenya: African Wildlife Foundation, 1992. M&O QL677.5 .P65 1992.

Roberts, Austin. Roberts Birds of South Africa. 3^rd Ed. [Capetown, South Africa]: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, 1970. M&O QL692 .A35 R66 1970.

Serle, William. Field Guide to the Birds of West Africa. London: Collins, 1977. Main REF QL692 .W4 S47.

Short, Lester L., Jennifer F.M. Horne, and Cecilia Muringo-Gichuki. Annotated Check-List of the Birds of East Africa. Los Angeles, CA: Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 1990. Main Serials QL1 .W486 v.4:3.

Sinclair, J. C., P. A. R. Hockey, and W. R. Tarboton. Illustrated Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995. M&O QL692 .A35 S565 1995.

Skead, C. J. The Sunbirds of Southern Africa: Also the Sugarbirds, the White-Eyes and the Spotted Creeper. Cape Town; Amsterdam: A.A. Balkema for the Trustees of the South African Bird Book Fund, 1967. M&O QL696 .P257 S5 1967.

Stuart, Chris. Birds of Africa: From Seabirds to Seed-Eaters. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. M&O QL692 .A1 S78 1999.

Williams, John George. Birds of East Africa. London: HarperCollins, 1995 printing, c1980. M&O QL692 .E27 W54 1995.

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Insects
Ackery, Phillip Ronald, C. R. Smith, and Richard Irwin Vane-Wright, eds. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An Annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Australia, 1995. Ent QL557 .S7 C37 1995.

Berg, C. C. and J. T. Wiebes. African Fig Trees and Fig Wasps. Amsterdam; New York: North-Holland, 1992. Ent QK495 .M73 B47 1992.

Bevis, Margaret. The Insects of Southern Africa: An Introduction to the Study of Entomology. Johannesburg: Nelson, 1964. Ent QL485 .B47 1964.

D'Abrera, Bernard. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region. Melbourne: Lansdown Edition, 1980. Ent Folio QL557 .A1 D332 1980.

Dippenaar, A. African Spiders: An Identification Manual. Pretoria: ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Biosystematics Division, National Collection of Arachnida, 1997. Ent QL453.6 .A1 D56 1997.

Eardley, C. D. The Genus Amegilla Friese (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) in Southern Africa. Pretoria, Republic of South Africa: Dept. of Agriculture, c1994. Ent Serials.

Filmer, Martin R. Southern African Spiders: An Identification Guide. Cape Town: Struik, 1991. Ent. QL453.6 .S65 F56 1991.

Gess, Sarah K. The Pollen Wasps: Ecology and Natural History of the Masarinae. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996. Ent L568 .V5 G47 1996.

Goodger, David T. and Allan Watson. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: An Illustrated Catalogue, with Generic Diagnoses and Species Distribution of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books, 1995. Ent QL561 .A8 G66 1995.

Griswold, Charles E. A Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Spider Genus Phanotea Simon (Araneae, Lycosoidea). Tervuren, België: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika, 1994. Ent QL458.42 .C8 G74 1994.

Holm, E. and Eugène Marais. Fruit Chafers of Southern Africa (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniini). Hartebeespoort, South Africa: Ekogilde, c1992. Ent QL596 .S3 H64 1992.

Launois, Michel and My Hanh Launois-Luong. The Sengalese Grasshopper, Oedaleus Senegalensis (Krauss 1877), in West Africa. Philadelphia, PA: Orthopterists' Society, 1991. Ent QL508 .A2 L3813 1991.

Lecoq, M. The Migratory Locust in Africa and in Madagascar. Philadelphia, PA: Orthopterists' Society, 1991. Ent QL508 .A2 L4213 1991.

Mason, Franco. The Afrotropical Nemotelinae (Diptera, Stratiomyidae). Torino: Museo regionale di scienze naturali, 1997. Ent QL537 .S84 M37 1997.

Millar, I. M. A Catalogue of the Aphids (Homoptera: Aphidoidea) of Sub-Saharan Africa. Pretoria, South Africa: Biosystematics Division, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Council, 1994. Ent QL527 .A64 M55 1994.

Perkins, Philip D. and J. Balfour-Browne. A Contribution to the Taxonomy of Aquatic and Humicolous Beetles of the Family Hydraenidae in Southern Africa. Chicago, IL: Field Museum of Natural History, c1994. Main Serials QL1 .F4 n.s. no.77.

Prinsloo, Gerhard. A Delight of African Chalcid Wasps. S.l.: s.n., ca. 1995. Ent QL567.6 .A1 W37 1995.

Skaife, Sydney Harold. African Insect Life. London: Longmans Green, 1953. Ent. QL485 .S54 1953.

Uys, V. M. A Systematic Revision of the Genus Lepidotermes Sjöstedt. Pretoria, Republic of South Africa: Dept. of Agriculture, c1994. Ent Serials.

Van Rensburg, J. B. J., ed. Proceedings of the Twelfth Entomological Congress / Organised by the Entomological Society of Southern Africa. Pretoria, South Africa: The Society, 1999. Ent SB935 .A4 E57 1999.

Werner, Karl. The Tiger Beetles of Africa. Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic: Taita, 2000. Ent Folio QL596 .C56 W47 2000.

Whellan, James A. The Red Locust, Nomadacris Septemfasciata (Audinet-Serville) in Africa. Philadelphia, PA: Orthopterists' Society, 1991. Ent QL508 .A2 W44 1991.

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Fish
Compagno, Leonard J.V. Guide to the Sharks and Rays of Southern Africa. London: New Holland, 1989. Ichthy QL638.9 .C65 1989.

Copley, Hugh. The Game Fishes of Africa. London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1952. Ichthy QL635 .A1 C6 1952.

Debelius, Helmut. Indian Ocean Tropical Fish Guide. Neu Isenburg: Aquaprint, 1993. Ichthy QL622 .D42 1993.

Fryer, Geoffrey. The Cichlid Fishes of the Great Lakes of Africa: Their Biology and Evolution. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1972. S.A. QL638 .C55 F7 1972.

Griffiths, Marc H. and Phillip C. Heemstra. A Contribution to the Taxonomy of the Marine Fish Genus Argyrosomus (Perciformes: Sciaenidae), with Descriptions of Two New Species from Southern Africa. Grahamstown, South Africa: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 1995. Ichthy Serials.

Harrison, Trevor D. and Alan K. Whitfield. Fish Community Structure in Three Temporarily Open/Closed Estuaries on the Natal Coast. Grahamstown, South Africa: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 1995. Ichthy Serials.

Iwamoto, Tomio. and Anderson, M. Eric. Review of the Grenadiers (Teleostei: Gadiformes) of Southern Africa, with Descriptions of Four New Species. Grahamstown, South Africa: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 1994. Ichthy Serials.

King, Dennis. Reef Fishes & Corals: East Coast of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik, 1996. Main QL622.5 .K56 1996.

Matthes, H. A Bibliography of African Freshwater Fish. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1973. S.A. Z5971 .M3.

Payne, A.I.L. and R.J.M. Crawford (eds.). Oceans of Life Off Southern Africa. Cape Town, Africa: Vlaeberg Publishers, 1989. Main REF QL337 .S66 O34 1989.

Penrith, M. J. Distribution of Shallow Water Marine Fishes Around Southern Africa. Windhoek [South-West Africa]: State Museum, 1976. Main Serials QL337 .N27 C56 v.4:7.

Pullin, Roger S. V. The Characterization of Ghanaian Tilapia Genetic Resources for Use in Fisheries and Aquaculture. Makati City, Philippines: ICLARM, 1997. Ichthy SH167 .T54 C48 1997.

Roberts, Tyson R. A Review of the African Electric Catfish Family Malapteruridae: With Descriptions of New Species. United States: T.R. Roberts, 2000. Ichthy QL638 .M246 R62 2000.

Skelton, Paul H. A Complete Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa. Halfway House: Southern Book Publishers. Ichthy QL635 .S6 S52 1993.

Skelton, Paul H. Scientific and Common Names of Southern African Freshwater Fishes. Grahamstown, South Africa: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 1993. Main Serials QL614 .R471 no.56.

Smale, Malcolm J., Gillian Watson, and T. Hecht. Otolith Atlas of Southern African Marine Fishes. Grahamstown, South Africa: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 1995. Ichthy QL635 .S65 S53 1995.

Smith, J. L. B. Certain Rare Fishes from South Africa, with Other Notes. Grahamstown, South Africa: Dept. of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, 1966. Main Serials QL614 .R47 no.7.

Smith, Margaret Mary. A Review of the South African Cheilodactylid Fishes(Pisces: Perciformes), with Descriptions of Two New Species. Grahamstown, S.A.: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, 1980. Ichthy Serials.

Tamoikine, M. Y. Ichthyoplankton Study in Guinean and Senegalese Coastal and Estuarine Waters: Results of Surveys, 1988-1992. Paris: UNESCO, 1994. GC1 .U539 no.65.

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Invertebrates
Davies, B. R. A Bibliography of African Inland Water Invertebrates (to 1980): A Report of the Committee for Inland Water Ecosystems, National Programme for Environmental Sciences. Pretoria: Cooperative Scientific Programmes, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1982. Main QL336 .B52 1982.

De Decker, A. H. B. Observations on the Ecology and Distribution of Copepoda in the Marine Plankton of South Africa. Cape Town, Republic of South Africa: Dept. of Commerce and Industries, Division of Sea Fisheries, 1964. Main Serials SH315 .S6 I58 no.49.

Donn, Theodore E., ed. Biology of the Genus Donax in Southern Africa: Workshop Report. [Port Elizabeth, South Africa]: Institute for Coastal Research, U.P.E., [1986]. Main QL430.7 .D65 B56 1986.

Gosliner, Terrence. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Monterey, CA: Sea Challengers, 1987. Main REF QL430.4 .G67 1987.

Gosliner, Terrence, David W. Behrens, and Gary C. Williams. Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific: Animal Life from Africa to Hawaii Exclusive of the Vertebrates. Monterey, CA: Sea Challengers, 1996. IZ&G & SA QL137.5 .G67 1996.

Kaicher, Sally Diana. Indo-Pacific Sea Shells: A Guide to the Common Marine Snails from East Africa to Polynesia. [Washington, D.C.?]: S.D. Kaicher, c1956-c1957. IZ&G QL408 .K34 1956.

Manning, Raymond B. and L. B. Holthius. West African Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981. Main Serials QL1 .S54 no.306.

Uriz, María-Jesús, et al. Contributions on the Marine Fauna of Southern Africa. Barcelona, Spain: Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1988. Main Serials QL121 .M65 v.3.

Verdcourt, Bernard and R. Polhill. East African Slugs of the Family Urocyclidae. Parts III & IV, The Genus Trichotoxon. Nairobi, Kenya: D.A. Hawkins Ltd. for the East Africa Natural History Society, [1961]. IZ&G QL430.5 .U7 V47 1961.

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Mammals
Adamson, Joy. Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds. New York: Pantheon Books, c1987. Pub QL737 .C23 A38 1987.

The African Elephant. Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme, 1989. UNEP/GEMS Environment Library. Main QL737 .P98 A47 1989.

The Aye-Aye: Madagascar’s Most Puzzling Primate. New York: Karger 1994. M&O QL737 .P935 A94 1994.

Carleton, Michael D. Systematic Studies of Madagascar's Endemic Rodents (Muroidea, Nesomyinae): An Annotated Gazetteer of Collecting Localities of Known Forms. New York, NY: American Museum of Natural History, c1990. Main Serials QH1 .A5 A16 no.2987.

Caro, T. M. Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains: Group Living in an Asocial Species. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1994. Pub & M&O QL737 .C23 C45 1994.

Coetzee, C. G., Duane A. Schlitter, Duane A. and Hella Rust. Fourth International Colloquium on the Ecology and Taxonomy of African Small Mammals. Windhoek: State Museum, 1986. Main Serials QL337 .N27 C56 v.8.

Cumming, D. H. M., , R.F. Du Toit, and S.N. Stuart. African Elephants and Rhinos: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, c1990. Main QL737 .P98 C65 1990a.

Douglas-Hamilton, Iain and Oria Douglas-Hamilton. Among the Elephants. New York: Viking Press, 1975. Pub QL737 .P98 D68 1975.

East, R. Antelopes: Global Survey and Regional Action Plans. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, c1988-. M&O QL737 .U53 A57 1988.

Estes, Richard. The Behavior Guide to African Mammals: Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1991. Main REF & M&O QL731 .A1 E84 1991.

Freeman, Dan. Elephants, the Vanishing Giants. New York: Putnam, 1981, c1980. Biodiv QL737 .P98 F73 1981.

International Rhino Conference & Oliver A. Ryder, ed. Rhinoceros Biology and Conservation: Proceedings of an International Conference. [San Diego, CA]: Zoological Society of San Diego, c1993. M&O QL737 .U63 I58 1991.

Joubert, Dereck and Beverly Joubert. Hunting with the Moon: The Lions of Savuti. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, c1997. SC QL737 .C23 J68 1997.

Kat, Pieter W. and Chris Harvey. Prides: The Lions of Moremi. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, c2000. Pub QL737 .C23 K39 2000.

Kenyon, Kay A. Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis): A Bibliography. Washington, D.C.: National Zoological Park Branch, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, [1995]. Main REF QL737 .U56 K45 1995.

Kenyon, Kay A. Okapi (Okapia johnstoni): A Bibliography. Washington, D.C.: National Zoological Park Branch, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, [1995]. Main REF QL737 .U56 K46 1995.

Kenyon, Kay A. Oryx Antelopes: A Bibliography (Oryx gazella, Oryx beisa, Oryx dammah, Oryx leucoryx). Washington, D.C.: National Zoological Park Branch Library, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, [1995]. Main REF QL737 .U53 K43 1995.

Kenyon, Kay A. Zebras: A Bibliography (Equus grevyi, Equus zebra, Equus burchelli, Equus quagga). Washington, D.C.: National Zoological Park Branch Library, Smithsonian Institutition [sic] Libraries, 1995. Main REF QL737 .U62 K46 1995.

Kingdon, Jonathan. East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1984-1989. Main REF QL731 .E15 K5 1984.

Kingdon, Jonathan. The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. San Diego: Academic Press, 1997. M&O QL731 .A1 K56 1997.

Kuroda, Suehisa, and Tutin, Caroline E. G. Field Studies of African Apes in Tropical Rain Forest: Methods to Increase the Scope and Accuracy of Intersite Comparisons. Kagoshima, Japan: Japan Society of Tropical Ecology, 1993. M&O QL737 .P96 F53 1993.

Lean, Mary. Saving the African Elephant. Gland, Switzerland: WWF in association with the David Shepherd Conservation Foundation, [1990?]. Main & Biodiv QL737 .P98 L43 1990.

Lee, Phyllis C. , Jane Thornback, and Elizabeth L. Bennett. Threatened Primates of Africa: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland, Switzerland; Cambridge, U.K.: IUCN, 1988. M&O QL737 .P9 L43 1988.

Lynch, C. D. The Mammals of Lesotho. Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa: Nasionale Museum, [1994]. Main Serials 506 B622 v.10:4.

McColaugh, Doreen Wolfsen. Wild Lives: Profiles of East African Mammals. Nairobi: African Wildlife Foundation, 1989. M&O QL731 .E15 M34 1989.

Mittermeier, Russel. A., et al. Lemurs of Madagascar. Washington D.C.: Conservation International, 1994. M&O QL737 .P95 L445 1994.

Mittermeier, Russel A. et al. Lemurs of Madagascar: An Action Plan For Their Conservation, 1993-1999. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1992. Biodiv REF QL737 .P95 L45 1992.

Nicoll, Martin E. and Galen B. Rathbun. African Insectivora and Elephant-Shrews: An Action Plan for Their Conservation. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, c1990. M&O & Biodiv REF QL737 .I5 N43 1990.

Myers, Norman. The Leopard Panthera Pardus in Africa: Report of a Survey of the Present Status and Future Prospects of the Species Throughout Africa South of the Sahara: IUCN/WWF Joint Project. Morges, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1976. Main QL737 .C23 M94 1976.

Orenstein, Ronald I. Elephants: The Deciding Decade. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, c1991. Biodiv QL737 .P98 E45 1991.

Pink, Pattie. Zimbabwe: Last Stronghold of the World's Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). Causeway: Zimbabwe National Conservation Trust, Rhino Survival Campaign, [1988?]. Biodiv REF QL737 .U63 Z56 1988.

Packer, Craig. Into Africa. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1994. Pub QL31 .P15 A3 1994.

Schaller, George B. The Mountain Gorilla: Ecology and Behavior. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, c1976. M&O QL737 .P96 S29 1976.

Shaughnessy, P. D. Population Size of the Cape Fur Seal, Arctocephalus pusillus. Cape Town, South Africa: Republic of South Africa, Dept. of Environment Affairs, Sea Fisheries Research Institute, 1987-. Main Serials SH315 .S6 I58 no.130, etc.

Skinner, John D. The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion. Pretoria, South Africa: University of Pretoria, 1990. M&O QL731 .S65 S64 1990.

Smith, Stephen J. The Atlas of Africa's Principal Mammals. San Antonio, TX: Natural History Books, 1985. M&O QL731 .A1 S65 1985.

Stanford, Craig B. Chimpanzee and Red Colobus: The Ecology of Predator and Prey. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. M&O QL737 .P96 S725 1998.

Struhsaker, Thomas T. Behavior of Vervet Monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops). Berkeley, University of California Press, 1967. Main Serials QL1 .C3 v.82.

Struhsaker, Thomas T. The Red Colobus Monkey. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1975. M&O QL737 .P93 S78 1975.

Strum, Shirley C. Almost Human: A Journey Into the World of Baboons. New York: Random House, c1987. Pub QL737 .P93 S79 1987.

United Nations Environment Programme. The African Elephant. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme, 1989. Biodiv REF QL737 .P98 A47 1989.

Wilson, Jane. Lemurs of the Lost World: Exploring the Forests and Crocodile Caves of Madagascar. London: Impact Books, 1995. Main QL737 .P95 W55 1995.

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Conservation, Ecology & Endangered Species
Alexander, I. J., Swaine, M. D. and Watling, Roy. Essays on the Ecology of the Guinea-Congo Rain Forest. Edinburgh: Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1996. Main Serials QH301 .P748 v.104.

Bryceson, I. State of the Marine Environment in the Eastern African Region. Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP, 1990. Biodiv REF GC1421 .B79 1990.

Dykes, Mervyn. The Empty Eden. Surrey, BC: North-West Book Co., 1990. Biodiv QL84.6 .A1 D94 1990.

James, Valentine Udoh. Africa's Ecology: Sustaining the Biological and Environmental Diversity of a Continent. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, c1993. Main HC800 .Z65 J348 1993.

Kingdon, Jonathan. Island Africa: The Evolution of Africa's Rare Animals and Plants. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press,1989. Biodiv REF QH77 .A3 K46 1989.

Koch, Eddie, Dave Cooper, and Henk Coetzee. Water, Waste, and Wildlife: The Politics of Ecology in South Africa. London; New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1990. Biodiv HC905 .Z9 E55 1990.

Lovegrove, Barry. The Living Deserts of Southern Africa. Vlaeberg: Fernwood Press, 1993. Main QH195 .A323 L68 1993.

Lovett, Jon C. and Samuel K. Wasser. Biogeography and Ecology of the Rain Forests of Eastern Africa. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Main QH195 .A23 B56 1993.

Martin, Claude. The Rainforests of West Africa: Ecology, Threats, Conservation. Boston, MA: Birkhauser Verlag, 1991. Main QH195 .W46 M3713 1991.

Matthiessen, Peter. The Tree Where Man Was Born. New York: Crescent, 1972. Main QL337 .S65 M37 1972.

Portmann, J. E. State of the Marine Environment: West and Central African Region. Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP, 1989. Main GC1251 .S72 1989.

Sale, John Benjamin. The Importance and Values of Wild Plants and Animals in Africa. Gland Switzerland. IUCN, 1983. Biodiv QH705 .S34 1983.

Sayer, Jeffrey A., Caroline S. Harcourt, and N. Mark Collins, eds. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa. (England): Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1992. Biodiv REF G2446 .K3 C6 1992.

Stuart, Simon. Biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Islands. Gland: Switzerland: IUCN, 1990. Main QH77 .A357 S78 1990.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Animals
Beattie, Laura C. Discover African Wildlife: Activity Book. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1993. Biodiv Juv QL336 .B42 1993.

Chandra, Deborah. Who Comes? San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books for Children, c1995. Biodiv Juv PS3553 .H2716 W46 1995.

Grossman, Susan M., ed. African Wildlife. New York: Crestwood House; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, c1992. Biodiv Juv QL336 .H35 1992.

Halliburton, Warren J. African Wildlife. New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992. Biodiv Juv QL336 .H35 1992.

Lindblad, Lisa. The Serengeti Migration: Africa's Animals on the Move. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1994. Biodiv Juv QL737 .U53 L55 1994.

Ryden, Hope. Wild Animals of Africa ABC. New York: Lodestar Books, 1989. Biodiv Juv QL336 .R93 1989.

Sussman, Susan and Robert James. Big Friend, Little Friend: A Book About Symbiosis. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. Biodiv Juv QH548 .S87 1989.

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Amphibians & Reptiles
Martin, James. Chameleons: Dragons in the Trees. New York: Crown, 1991. Biodiv Juv QL666 .L23 M36 1991.

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Birds
Dike, Virginia W. Birds of Our Land: A Child's Guide to West African Birds. Enugu, Nigeria: Fourth Dimension Publishers, 1986. Biodiv Juv QL692 .W4 D55. 1986.

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Mammals
Anderson, Peter. Giraffe. London; New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1993. Biodiv Juv QL737 .U56 A54 1993.

Arnold, Caroline. Cheetah. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1989. Biodiv Juv. QL737 .C23 A75 1989.

Arnold, Caroline. Hippo. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1989. Biodiv Juv. QL737 .U57 A76 1989.

Bix, Cyhthia Overbeck. Elephants. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications Co., 1981. Biodiv Juv QL737 .P98 O93 1981.

Bix, Cynthia Overbeck. Lions. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publication Co., 1981. Biodiv Juv QL737 .C23 B59 1981.

Brust, Beth Wagner. Hippos. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1991. Biodiv Juv QL737 .U57 B78 1991.

Darling, Kathy. Lemurs. New York: Lothrup, Lee & Shepard Books, 1998. Biodiv Juv QL737 .P95 D37 1998.

Dupont, Philippe and Valérie Tracqui. The Cheetah, Fast as Lightning. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, c1992. Biodiv Juv QL737 .C23 D8613 1992.

Elwood, Ann. Chimpanzees and Bonobos. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1990. Biodiv Juv QL737 .P96 E49 1990.

Elwood, Ann. Old World Monkeys. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1991. Biodiv Juv QL737 .P93 E38 1991.

Elwood, Ann and Jackie Estrada. Lions. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, c1991. Biodiv Juv QL737 .C23 L56 1991.

Goodall, Jane. The Chimpanzee Family Book. Saxonville, MA: Picture Book Studio, 1989. Biodiv Juv QL737 .P96 G584 1989.

Hopcraft, Xan and Carol Cawthra Hopcraft. How It Was With Dooms: A True Story From Africa. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, c1997. Biodiv Juv QL737 .C23 H655 1997.

Leslie-Melville, Betty. Daisy Rothschild. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, c1987. Biodiv Juv QL795 .G55 L46 1987.

Leslie-Melville, Betty. Walter Warthog. New York: Doubleday, 1989. Biodiv Juv QL737 .U58 L47 1989.

Markert, Jenny. Cheetahs. [Mankato, MN]: Child's World, c1991. Biodiv Juv QL737 .C23 M363 1991.

Markert, Jenny. Giraffes. [Mankato, MN]: Child's World, c1991. Biodiv Juv QL737 .U56 M37 1991.

Payne, Katharine. Elephants Calling. New York: Crown Publishers, 1992. Biodiv Juv QL737 .P98 P39 1992.

Powzyk, Joyce Ann. Tracking Wild Chimpanzees in Kibira National Park. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1988. Biodiv Juv QL737 .P96 P69 1988.

Torgersen, Don Arthur. Elephant Herds and Rhino Horns. Chicago, IL: Childrens Press, c1982. Biodiv Juv QL737 .U4 T67 1982.

Wexo, John Bonnett. Big Cats. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, c1990. Biodiv Juv QL737 .C23 W48 1990.

Wexo, John Bonnett. Giraffes. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, c1991. Biodiv Juv QL737 .U56 W49 1991.

Wexo, John Bonnet. Gorillas. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1991. Biodiv Juv QL737 .P96 W384 1991.

Wexo, John Bonnett. Rhinos. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, c1991. Biodiv Juv QL737 .U63 W48 1990.

Wood, Linda C. and Cynthia L. Jenson. Cheetahs. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, c1991. Biodiv Juv QL737 .C23 W66 1991.

Wood, Linda C. Zebras. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1991. Biodiv Juv QL737 .U62 W66 1991.

Yoshida, Toshi. Elephant Crossing. New York: Philomel Books, 1989. Biodiv Juv QL737 .P98 Y67 1989.

Yoshida, Toshi. Young Lions. New York, Philomel Books, 1989. Biodiv Juv QL737 .C23 Y6713 1989.

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VIDEOTAPES
Africa's Great Migration. [Landover, MD]: Discovery Channel, c1990. (60 min.). Biodiv Media QL337 .E25 A37 1990.

Fire Bird. New York: Thirteen/WNET, 1995, c1994. (57 min.). Pub AV QL696 .C56 F57 1995.

Gorillas in the Mist: The Adventures of Dian Fossey. MCA Home Video, 1989. (129 min.). Biodiv Media QL795 .G7 G68 1989.

Lemurs. [Alexandria, VA]: PBS Home Video, c1999. (60 min.). Pub QL737 .P95 L45 1999.

Lion: Africa's King of the Beasts. Stamford, CT: ABC Video, 1994. Pub QL737 .C23 L55 1994.

Madagascar, A World Apart. [Arlington, Va.]: PBS Home Video, c1998. (60 min.). Pub AV QL84.6 .M33 M32 1998.

Tales of the Serengeti. [Stamford, CT]: ABC Videos 1995 Biodiv QL337 .T3T35 1995 vol. 1 to 4.

Zebra: Patterns in the Grass. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1991. Pub QL737 .U62 Z42 1991.

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