Further reading and resources

Major books and websites covering felids.

Anton, M., 2013. Sabertooth. Indiana University Press.

Bailey, T.N. 2005. The African Leopard: Ecology and Behaviour of a Solitary Felid. The Blackburn Press.

Caro, T.M., 1994. Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains: Group Living in an Asocial Species. University of Chicago Press.

Divyabhanusinh, 2002. The End of a Trail: the Cheetah in India. Oxford University Press.

Divyabhanusinh, 2005. The Story of Asia’s Lions. Marg Publications.

Gittleman, J.L., Funk, S.M., MacDonald, D.W., & Wayne, R.K. 2001. Carnivore Conservation, Cambridge University Press.

Hansen, K. 2006. Bobcat: Master of Survival. Oxford University Press USA.

Heptner, V. G. & Sludskii, A. A. 1992. Mammals of the Soviet Union, Carnivora, Vol. II, Part 2. Hyaenas and Cats, E. J. Brill.

Hoogesteijn, R. & Mondolfi, E. 1992. The Jaguar. Armitano Editores C.A.

Hornocker, M. & Negri, S. 2009. Cougar Ecology and Conservation, University Of Chicago Press.

Hunter, L. & Hinde, G. 2006. The Cats of Africa: Behavior, Ecology and Conservation. Johns Hopkins University Press/New Holland.

Hunter, L. & Hamman, D. 2003. Cheetah. Struik-New Holland.

Hunter, L. & Barrett, P. 2011. Field Guide to Carnivores of the World. New Holland/ Princeton University Press.

Kingdon, J. & Hoffmann, M. (Eds). 2013. The Mammals of Africa: Volume V: Carnivores, Pangolins, Equids and Rhinoceroses. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Logan, K. A. & Sweanor, L. L. 2001. Desert Puma: Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation of an Enduring Carnivore. Island Press.

Macdonald, D. W. & Loveridge, A. J. (Eds). 2010. Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids.Oxford University Press.

McCarthy, T. M. & Mallon, D. (Eds). in press. Snow Leopards of the World. Elsevier.

Rabinowitz, A. 2014. An Indomitable Beast: The Remarkable Journey of the Jaguar. Island Press

Ruggiero, L.F., Aubry, K.B., Buskirk, S.W., Koehler, G.M., Krebs, C., McKelvey, K.S. & Squires, J.R. 2006. Ecology and Conservation of Lynx in the United States, University Press of Colorado.

Schaller, G.B. 1972. The Serengeti Lion: A Study of Predator-Prey Relations. University of Chicago Press.

Sanderson, J.G., & P. Watson. 2011. Small Wild Cats: The Animal Answer Guide. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Seidensticker, J. & Lumpkin,S. 2004 Smithsonian Answer Book: Cats. Smithsonian Books.

Sunquist, M. & Sunquist, F. 2002. Wild Cats of the World. University of Chicago Press.

Spalton, A., & al Hikmani, H.M. 2014. The Arabian Leopards of Oman. Stacey International.

Thapar, V. 2014. Tiger Fire. Aleph Book Company.

Tilson, R. & Nyhus, P. 2010. Tigers of the World: The Science, Politics and Conservation of Panthera tigris. Academic Press

Turner, A. & Anton, M. 1997. The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives: an Illustrated Guide to their Evolution and Natural History. Columbia University Press.

Wilson, D.E. & Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds). 2009. Handbook of Mammals of the World, Vol. 1: Carnivores, Lynx Edicions.

Websites

Carnivore Ecology & Conservation An excellent compendium of carnivore news and knowledge compiled by carnivore biologist Guillaume Chapron. www.carnivoreconservation.org

IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. Information on the world’s cats including the biannual journal Cat News and an outstanding online library of thousands of scientific papers and reports. www.catsg.org

Panthera. The largest conservation NGO working exclusively on conserving the world’s wild cats. www.panthera.org