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References

The following are the sources I used to get my information on the meerkat:

 

"Carnivore Phylogeny." 18 Apr. 2008 <http://whozoo.org/mammals/Carnivores/carnivorephylogeny.htm>.

 

Dorst Jean and Pierre Dandelot.  1970.  A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa.  Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

 

Fuehrer, T.2003.  “Suricata suricatta” (On-line), Animal Diversity Web.  Accessed April 18, 2008 at http://animal diversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Suricata_suricatta.html

 

Johnson, Warren E., Eduardo Eizirik, Jill Pecon-Slattery, William J. Murphy, Agostinho Antunes, Emma Teeling, and Stephen J. O’brien. "The Late Miocene Radiation of Modern Felidae: a Genetic Assessment." 6 Jan. 2006. 18 Apr. 2008 <http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/data/311/5757/73/DC1/1>.

 

Levy Jr., Lester. "Meerkats.Net." 1999. 18 Apr. 2008 <http://www.meerkats.net/info.htm#Meerkats%20social%20structure>.

 

"Mammals: Meerkat." San Diego Zoo. 18 Apr. 2008 <http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-meerkat.html>.

 

"Meerkat." Encyclopedia of Animals. Academic Serach Premier. EBSCO Animals. Murphy Library, Lacrosse. 13 Mar. 2008. Keyword: Meerkat.

 

"Meerkat." Widlife Explorer. Pittsburg: International Masters, 1998

 

"Meerkat Information." Fellow Earthlings' Wildlife Center. 18 Apr. 2008 <http://www.fellowearthlings.org/info.html>.

 

"Microsoft Clip Art".  18 Apr. 2008

Mustelid Specialist Group 1996. Suricata suricatta. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 April 2008.

 

Nowak, M. Ronald. 1991.  Suricate, or Slender-tailed Meerkat.  Pages 1175-1176.  Walker’s Mammals of the World Fifth Edition Volume II.  The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

 

Pineau, Pascal, Michel Henry, Rodolphe Suspene, Agnes Marchio, Agnes Dettai, Regis Debruyne, Thierry Petit, Alexis Lecu, Pierre Moisson, Anne Dejean, Simon Wain-Hobson, and Jean-Pierre Vartanian. "A Universal Primer Set for PCR Amplification of Nuclear Histone H4 Genes From All Animal Species." 15 Dec. 2004. Oxford Journals. 18 Apr. 2008 <http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/msi053v1.pdf>.

 

Rhonda. Personal interview. 12 Apr. 2008.

 

Scantlebury, M., T.H. Clutton Brock, and J.R. Speakman.  2004.  Energetics of cooperative breedingin meerkats Suricata Suricatta.  International Congress Series <URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B7581>.  Accessed 18 March 2008.

 

Sharpe, Lynda L. "Meerkats At Play." 116 (2007): 1-8. Academic Search Premier. Murphy Library, Lacrosse. 13 Mar. 2008. Keyword: Meerkat behavior.

 

Stacy, Roberta. "Animal Photography." 18 Apr. 2008 <http://homepage.mac.com/rstacy/>.

 

"Wikipedia Commons." 17 Apr. 2008. 18 Apr. 2008 <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>.