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Many videos and photographs with details of classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
Personal fan site with information and pictures of many species of big cats.
Taxonomic information from the Feline Conservation Center.
Factsheet from ARKive with videos and images.
Article from Wikipedia on the 10 species of skunk which are divided into four genera.
Information from Wikipedia on this group of arboreal procyonids in the genus Bassaricyon.
Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.
Photographs, video and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
Supports conservation of Africa's elephants within the context of human needs and pressures.
Non-profit organization focussing on research, education, grass-roots conservation, monitoring and protection of African elephant populations. Includes details of projects, news, maps, links.
Fact sheet from EDGE on this endangered species found in the Philippines.
Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.
Devoted to shrews, this site includes numerous contributions made by people that thought it worthwhile to share their experience, scientific records and illustrations.
Fact sheet from EDGE on this critically endangered aquatic mammal.
Article about the least shrew by David L. Fox: range, characteristics, natural history, conservation, plus several anatomical images. From Animal Diversity Web.
Macropus rufus facts, photos, videos and message board.
Research project by Kelly Michaels on this species, including its classification, habitat, characteristics, reproduction, adaptations and nutrition, with photographs of kangaroos she has met.
Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
Videos and photographs with details of classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
Factsheet with photograph about the endangered bilby, also known as the rabbit bandicoot.
Encyclopedia article about this family of small, jumping marsupials which includes the bettongs, potoroos and two of the rat-kangaroos.
Encyclopedia article about these short-legged Australian marsupials, their characteristics, ecology and behavior.
Information about the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), research, its conservation and protection, and platypus-spotting opportunities. Also offers merchandise for sale.
Information on this equine from Mongolia which is the sole surviving genuine wild horse in the world.
Photographs, videos and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
Provides funds and technical assistance for in-situ and ex-situ research, education, public awareness, and endeavors directed to secure the survival of the rhinoceros. Includes program details, multimedia, and research updates.
Description and behavior of this species, its world range and habitat, its ecology and life history, with comments on how it is hunted and other factors influencing its population size.
Detailed fact sheets for almost every species of New World monkey.
Information on the loudest animals in the New World.
The BBC reports on a new monkey, Cercopithecus lomamiensis, discovered in Tshuapa-Lomami-Lualaba in the Congo.
Factsheet with photographs, physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, predators and threats.
Natural history, systematics, photos and sounds of all gibbon species, publications, and links.
Photographs, videos and classification information from ARKive.
Photographs, video and information from ARKive on this species endemic to south-eastern Madagascar.
Many videos and photographs with details of classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
Photographs and information from ARKive on this species endemic to north-west Madagascar and the Comoros Islands.
The BBC reports that the famous lemurs of Madagascar face such severe threats to their survival that none of them may be left in the wild within 25 years.
Paper on the molecular genetic sequence variation among the sportive lemurs (genus Lepilemur) of Madagascar.
Wikipedia article on this family of scaly-tailed flying squirrels, their characteristics and taxonomy.
Fact sheet from EDGE on this critically endangered species.
Factsheet with photographs, physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, predators and threats.
These rodents are rarely seen as they spend almost all their life underground in extensive tunnels. Information on their habitat, feeding and lifestyle.
Photograph, description, distribution in Texas and habits.
Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.
Photograph, description, distribution in Texas and habits.
Photographs and information from Wikipedia on this small rodent, its biology, reproduction and classification, keeping hamsters as pets and their health problems.
Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.
Information on this Vietnemese species known only from a few specimens, that is not a true dormouse but mouse-like in external appearance.
Also known as the Norway rat, this species is a supreme generalist and has colonised practically every part of the world. Information, photographs and movies.