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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 August 16, 2001.

Ring-Tailed Lemur
http://www.rhrwildlife.com/theanimals/l/
lemurringtailed/index.html
Fact sheets and links from the Rolling Hills Wildlife Refuge near Salina, KS.

Lemur Home Page
http://www.gozen.demon.co.uk/godric/godric.html
Lemur sights and sounds, including a "lemur chorus," are the main features of this page.

Duke University Primate Center
http://www.duke.edu/web/primate/index.html
Extensive information on lemur conservation efforts and extensive links.

Madagascar
http://www.conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/regions/africa/madagascar.xml
Information on Madagascar conservation efforts from Conservation International.

A Jewel in the Crowd
http://www.lastrefuge.co.uk/data/articles/sapphire_main1.html
This site from Adrian Warren, producer and cinematographer of A LEMUR'S TALE, features a section on the making of the film and a photo gallery of the ring-tailed and other lemurs.

Photo Essay: Madagascar Biodiversity and Conservation
http://ridgwaydb.mobot.org/mobot/madagascar/
179 stunning and informative photographs from David R. Parks.

The Madagascar Fauna Group
http://www.savethelemur.org/
A Lemur gallery and Madagascar conservation information from this consortium of zoological parks.

Project Betampona
http://www.savethelemur.org/betampona-field-reports-main.htm
Information on a project to return Ruffed Lemurs to the wild.
 

Print Resources

For those interested in learning more about the subjects shown in A LEMUR'S TALE, we recommend the following print articles and books.

Lasky, Kathryn and Christopher Knight. SHADOWS IN THE DAWN: THE LEMURS OF MADAGASCAR. New York: Gulliver Books, 1998.

Mittermeier, Russell A., and Ian Tattersall, et al. LEMURS OF MADAGASCAR FIELD GUIDE. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1995.

Powzyk, Joyce Ann. IN SEARCH OF LEMURS: MY DAYS AND NIGHTS IN A MADAGASCAR RAIN FOREST. Washington, DC: National Geographic Books, 1998.

Russell, Robert Jay. THE LEMUR'S LEGACY, THE EVOLUTION OF POWER, SEX, AND LOVE. New York: Putnam Books, 1993.

Tattersall, Ian. PRIMATES -- LEMURS, MONKEYS, AND YOU. New York: Millbrook Press, 1995.

Wolfe, Art and Russell A. Mittermeier. PRIMATES: THE AMAZING WORLD OF LEMURS, MONKEYS AND APES. New York: Chronicle Books, 1997.

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