Melursus ursinus — Literature

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References

  • 1. IUCN Red List (February, 2008) http://www.iucnredlist.org
  • 2. Macdonald, D.W. (2006) The Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • 3. CITES (November, 2002) http://www.cites.org
  • 4. Integrated Sloth Bear Conservation and Welfare Project (February, 2008) http://www.indianbears.com/index.html
  • 5. Servheen, C., Herrero, S. and Peyton, B. (1999) Bears: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Available at http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/publications/actionplans.htm
  • 6. International Association for Bear Research and Management (February, 2008) http://www.bearbiology.com/iba/bears-of-the-world/sloth-bear.html
  • Blomstrom, D. 2000. "Sloth Bear" (On-line). Accessed October 30, 2001 at http://www.geobop.com/Mammals/Carnivora/Ursidae/Ursus_ursinus/.
  • Conover, A. January, 2000. Sloth bears: they eat ants, but take on tigers. Smithsonian, 10: 88-95.
  • International Association for Bear Research and Management (IBA), September 22, 1999. "Bear Species Descriptions" (On-line). Accessed October 30, 2001 at http://www.bearbiology.com/specdesc.html.
  • Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 16, 2011 at http://animaldiversity.org. http://www.animaldiversity.org
  • Rajpurohit, K., P. Krausman. Summer 2000. Human-sloth bear conflicts in Madhya Pradesh, India. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 28(2): 393-399.
  • Richard Weigl (2005) Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe 48: Stuttgart.
  • Ronald Nowak (1999) Walker's Mammals of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore.
  • Sanderson, I. 1972. Living Mammals of the World. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company.
  • Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207
  • Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 2005. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142
  • Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204

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