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Jackals of the African Crater
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Online Resources

We recommend these Web sites for those interested in the subjects shown on the program. All links are valid as of June 14, 2001.

The World Wildlife Foundation’s Golden Jackal Project
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/europe/where/greece/jackals/about_jackal.cfm
Learn more about common jackals and efforts to protect them.

Canis aureus (Golden Jackal, Common Jackal)
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/canis/c._aureus
The lowdown from the University of Michigan’s Museum of Zoology.

BC Nature wildfacts: Golden Jackal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/130.shtml
animal/APAsrch3.cgi?qt=jackal&type;=image
View images and see videos of several types of jackals.

Patricia D. Moehlman: Into the Wilds of Africa
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000989F7-F2F7-1C5A-B882809EC588ED9F
A profile of “the jackal woman,” from SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.

Ngorongoro Conservation Area
http://www.tanzania-web.com/parks/ngorongo.htm
A description from Tanzania’s Tourist Board.

Print Resources

Crofts, Marylee. TANZANIA IN PICTURES. New York: Lerner, 1988.

Estes, Richard. THE SAFARI COMPANION: A GUIDE TO WATCHING AFRICAN MAMMALS. London: Chelsea Green, 1999.

Fitzpatrick, Mary. TANZANIA, ZANZIBAR & PEMBA. Melbourne, Australia: Lonely Planet, 1999.

Kingdon, J. FIELD GUIDE TO AFRICAN MAMMALS. Chicago: Academic Press, 1997.

Moehlman, Patricia and Laurence Pringe. JACKAL WOMAN: EXPLORING THE WORLD OF JACKALS. New York: Atheneum, 1993.

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