San Diego Zoo Library Factsheets

FACTSHEETS
SAN DIEGO ZOO GLOBAL LIBRARY

Factsheets are in-depth descriptions of a single animal species, designed to help you locate relevant information about that animal quickly. Below, you will find factsheets created by San Diego Zoo Library staff as well as links to factsheets maintained by outside organizations.

FACTSHEETS

For factsheet inquiries, please contact:

Kathy Elliott, Research Specialist
kelliott@sandiegozoo.org
(760) 747-8702 x5735

FACTSHEETS -- SAN DIEGO ZOO LIBRARY

SPECIES IN ELEPHANT ODYSSEY
The San Diego Zoo's award-winning Elephant Odyssey exhibit opened in May 2009 and "explores prehistoric fossil evidence, extinction causes, current wildlife species, and conservation projects at work." The factsheets* below provide details on species featured in this exhibit.

For more information on how to date fossils and rocks, visit our Fossil Facts page.

     *SDNHM connotes factsheets prepared by staff at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
      CH connotes factsheets prepared by contributors at CaliforniaHerps.com.
      ENV connotes factsheets prepared by staff at the British Columbia Ministry of Environment.

FACTSHEETS -- VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
       African Animals -- African Wildlife Foundation
       Animal Info -- a decade of research by Dr. Paul Massicot
       Australian Species -- Australian-Wildlife.com
       Bat Species Profiles -- Bat Conservation International
       BBC Wildlife's Wildfacts -- Brief factsheets link to BBC Wildlife articles
       Bears of the World -- IUCN/SSC Bear Specialist Group
       Birds of North America -- Cornell Lab of Ornithology (Subscription database -- only available from SD Zoo Global computers)
       Bug Guide -- North American Insects & Spiders
       Canid Species Accounts -- Recommended by the Canid Specialist Group
       Cat Species Accounts -- Cat Specialist Group
       Cranes -- USGS Patuxent Research Center
       Crocodilian Species List -- Dr. Adam Britton
       Mammalian Species Factsheets -- Species Accounts are in the Library
       NatureServe Explorer -- North American species
       North American Mammals -- Smithsonian Natural History Museum
       Primate Info Net -- Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center
       Reptiles & Amphibians of Coastal Southern California / San Diego Field Station -- USGS
       Reptiles & Amphibians of Southern California -- San Diego Natural History Museum
       Ungulates of the World -- Ultimate Ungulate
       WWF Species Programme -- Animals Close to Extinction - Giant Panda, Great Apes, Elephants, Rhinos

FACTSHEETS SAN DIEGO ZOO GLOBAL LIBRARY

FACTSHEETS
SAN DIEGO ZOO GLOBAL LIBRARY