Online Resources

We recommend these Web sites for those interested in the subjects shown on the program. All links are valid as of March 6, 1998.

Morals: More Than Nice, They're Evolution
www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/publicat/frontier/1-97/1morals.htm
Article from the newsletter of the National Science Foundation that uses the example of Mozu to illustrate the concept of altruism in animals.

Japan's Endangered Species
www.iwec.org/Kits/japan.htm
A rundown of some of the endangered animals native to Japan, including the snow monkey, courtesy of International Wildlife Education and Conservation.

Japanese Macaque
sths.org/studinfo/science/cuneop/project/shamburj.htm
A student project with basic information about snow monkeys.

Wild Watch
www.japantimes.co.jp/features/feat4-96/brazil2.html
An article from THE JAPAN TIMES about macaque troops in Jigokudani, Japan.

Macaca Fuscata (Japanese Macaque)
www.oit.itd.umich.edu/bio/doc.cgi/Chordata/Mammalia/Primates/Cercopithecidae/Ma caca_fuscata.ftl
A biological sketch from the University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Web.

Japan Primate Newsletter
www.primate.wisc.edu/majordomo/primate-talk/msgs.9405/msg00041.html
Includes articles about the capture and habitat loss of macaques.

WRPRC Primate Image Collection 
night.primate.wisc.edu/pin/images/macaca.html
Japanese macaque images from the Audiovisual Archive at the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center.

Fa, John E. and Donald G. Lindburg, eds. EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGY OF MACAQUE SOCIETIES. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Fedigan, Linda Marie and Pamela J. Asquith, eds. THE MONKEYS OF ARASHIYAMA. New York: State University of New York Press, 1991.

Pavelka, Mary McDonald. MONKEYS OF THE MESQUITE. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 1993.

Stone, Lynn. MONKEY DISCOVERY LIBRARY: SNOW MONKEYS. London: Rourke Book Company, 1990.

Woods, Mae. SNOW MONKEYS. Minneapolis: Abdo & Daughters, 1998.
 

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