This book draws extensively on many hundreds of scientific papers and reports that are too numerous to include here. The following list features major books and publications on African cats, as well as titles with significant sections devoted to them.
Bailey, TN. 2005. The African Leopard: Ecology and Behaviour of a Solitary Felid, 2nd Edition. The Blackburn Press, New Jersey.
Bothma, J Du P & Walker, C. 1999. Larger Carnivores of the African Savannas. JL Van Schaik, Pretoria.
Caro, TM. 1994. Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains: Group Living in an Asocial Species. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Dragesco-Joffé, A. 1993. La Vie Sauvage au Sahara [Wildlife in the Sahara; in French]. Delachaux et Niestle, Paris.
Estes, RD. 1991. The Behavior Guide to African Mammals. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Ewer, RF. 1986. The Carnivores. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.
Hall-Martin, A & Bosman, P. 1997. Cats of Africa. Swan Hill Press, London.
Harrison, DL & Bates, JJ. 1991. The Mammals of Arabia, 2nd Edition. Harrison Zoological Museum, Kent.
Henschel, P & Ray, JC. 2003. Leopards in African Rainforests: Survey and Monitoring Techniques. Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Carnivore Program, New York.
Hunter, L & Hamman, D. 2003. Cheetah. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
Kingdon, J. 1977. East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume IIIA, Carnivores. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon Field Guide to Mammals of Africa. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
Kingdon, JS & Hoffmann, M (Eds) in press. The Mammals of Africa, Volume 5. Carnivora, Pholidota, Perissodactyla. In: Kingdon, J, Butynski, T & Happold, D (Eds). The Mammals of Africa, Vols 1–6. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
Kitchener, A. 1991. The Natural History of the Wild Cats. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.
Marker-Kraus, L, Kraus, D, Barnett, D & Hurlbutt, S. 1996. Cheetah Survival on Namibian Farmlands. Cheetah Conservation Fund, Windhoek.
Mills, G & Harvey, M. 2001. African Predators. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
Nowak, RM. 2005. Walker’s Carnivores of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Nowell, K & Jackson, P. 1996. Wild Cats. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN, Gland.
Penzhorn, BL (Ed). 1998. Cheetahs as Game Ranch Animals. South African Veterinary Association, Onderstepoort.
Ray, JC, Hunter, L & Zigouris, J. 2005. Setting Conservation and Research Priorities for Larger African Carnivores. Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Carnivore Program, New York.
Rosevear, DR. 1974. Carnivores of West Africa. The British Museum, London.
Schaller, George B. 1972. The Serengeti Lion: A Study of Predator-Prey Relations. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Scott, J & Scott, A. 2003. Big Cat Diary: Leopard. Harper Collins, London.
Scott, J & Scott, A. 2003. Big Cat Diary: Lion. Harper Collins, London.
Scott, J & Scott, A. 2005. Big Cat Diary: Cheetah. Harper Collins, London.
Seidensticker, J & Lumpkin, S. 2004. Smithsonian Answer Book: Cats. Smithsonian Books, Washington.
Skinner, JD & Chimimba, CT. 2005. The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion, 3rd Edition. Cambridge University Press.
Sunquist, M & Sunquist, F. 2002. Wild Cats of the World. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Turner, A & Anton, M. 1997. The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives: an Illustrated Guide to their Evolution and Natural History. Columbia University Press, New York.
Turner, A & Anton, M. 2004. Evolving Eden: An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large-mammal Fauna. Columbia University Press, New York.
Van Heerden, J (Ed). 1997. Lions and Leopards as Game Ranch Animals. South African Veterinary Association, Onderstepoort.
Wozencraft, WC. 2005. ‘Order Carnivora’, in Wilson, DE & Reeder, DAM (Eds). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.