Title: Amphibians Provider: Canadian Museum of Nature Subject Heading/s: Amphibians. LC Class: QL640 Reference Category: Guides Description: Illustrations and descriptions of a small number of species throughout the world.

Title: Amphibian Species of the World Provider: American Museum of Natural History, Department of Herpetology Subject Heading/s: Amphibians. LC Class: QL640 Reference Category: Taxonomies Description: Search by common (English) names of species to provide taxonomy , distribution, and literature citations.

Title: Animal Info - Information on Rare, Threatened and Endangered Mammals Provider: Animal Info Subject Heading/s: Endangered species. LC Class: QL81.5 Reference Category: Encyclopedias Description: This animal database may be searched by keyword or browsed by category: Rarest Mammals, Species Index, Species Groups Index, and Country Index. Links to additional animal sites are included.

Title: Birds Provider: Canadian Museum of Nature Subject Heading/s: Birds. LC Class: QL671 Reference Category: Guides Description: Illustrations and descriptions of species throughout the world.

Title: bugbios Provider: bugbios Subject Heading/s: Insects--Identification. LC Class: QL461 Reference Category: Guides Description: Dexter Sear has compiled the beginning of a manual of insect photos accompanied by name information and a one-paragraph description.

Title: Butterflies of North America Provider: U.S. Geological Survey Subject Heading/s: Butterflies--North America--Identification. LC Class: QL541 Reference Category: Guides Description: Choose one of the contiguous 48 states or northern Mexico to see a list of native species accompanied by descriptive text, references and usually photos.

Title: Checklist of Amphibian Species and Identification Guide Provider: U.S. Geological Survey Subject Heading/s: Amphibians--Identification. LC Class: QL640 Reference Category: Guides Description: "For the species covered in this guide we provide a brief description of along with several pictures to display the different color morphs and patterns. When appropriate, tips are given to help separate very similar species. Line drawings are also available to help explain some of the terminology used. Range maps show approximately where each species may be found, but be aware that amphibians are not uniformly distributed throughout this area."

Title: EMBL Reptile Database Provider: DGHT Subject Heading/s: Reptiles; Biology--Classification. LC Class: QL640 Reference Category: Guides Description: The European Molecular Biology Laboratory has created a taxonomy of living reptiles with references and information on geographic distribution and pictures where applicable. Updated 6/14/07

Title: Endangered/Extinct [Animals] Provider: Canadian Museum of Nature Subject Heading/s: Endangerd species. LC Class: QL81.5 Reference Category: Guides Description: Illustrations and descriptions of endangered, previously endangered, or extict animals.

Title: Field Guides: Amphibians Provider: eNature.com Subject Heading/s: Amphibians--Identification; LC Class: QL640 Reference Category: Guides Description: Search by name or type for Description, Habitat, Range, etc. with zoomable color photos.

Title: Field Guides: Birds Provider: eNature.com Subject Heading/s: Birds--Identification. LC Class: QL671 Reference Category: Guides Description: Search by name or type for Description, Habitat, Range, etc. with zoomable color photos.

Title: Field Guides: Butterflies Provider: eNature.com Subject Heading/s: Butterflies--Identification. LC Class: QL541 Reference Category: Guides Description: Search by name or type for Description, Habitat, Range, etc. with zoomable color photos.

Title: Field Guides: Fishes Provider: eNature.com Subject Heading/s: Fishes--Identification. LC Class: QL614 Reference Category: Guides Description: Search by name or type for Description, Habitat, Range, etc. with zoomable color photos.

Title: Field Guides: Insects Provider: eNature.com Subject Heading/s: Insects--Identification LC Class: QL461 Reference Category: Guides Description: Search by name or type for Description, Habitat, Range, etc. with zoomable color photos.

Title: Field Guides: Mammals Provider: eNature.com Subject Heading/s: Mammals--Identification. LC Class: QL700 Reference Category: Guides Description: Search by name or type for Description, Habitat, Range, etc. with zoomable color photos.

Title: Field Guides: Reptiles Provider: eNature.com Subject Heading/s: Reptiles -- Identification LC Class: QL651 Reference Category: Guides Description: Search by name or type for Description, Habitat, Range, etc. with zoomable color photos. Addeed 2/04/06

Title: Field Guides: Seashells Provider: eNature.com Subject Heading/s: Shells--Identification. LC Class: QL401 Reference Category: Guides Description: Search by name or type for Description, Habitat, Range, etc. with zoomable color photos.

Title: Field Guides: Seashore Creatures Provider: eNature.com Subject Heading/s: Marine animals. LC Class: QL121 Reference Category: Guides Description: Search by name or type for Description, Habitat, Range, etc. with zoomable color photos.

Title: Field Guides: Spiders Provider: eNature.com Subject Heading/s: Spiders -- Identification LC Class: QL457.1 Reference Category: Guides Description: Search by name or type for Description, Habitat, Range, etc. with zoomable color photos. Added 2/04/06

Title: Fish Provider: Canadian Museum of Nature Subject Heading/s: Fish. LC Class: QL614 Reference Category: Guides Description: Illustrations and descriptions of a small number of species throughout the world.

Title: Invertebrates Provider: Canadian Museum of Nature Subject Heading/s: Invertebrates. LC Class: QL360 Reference Category: Guides Description: Illustrations and descriptions of a small number of species throughout the world.

Title: Mammals Provider: Canadian Museum of Nature Subject Heading/s: Mammals. LC Class: QL700 Reference Category: Guides Description: Illustrations and descriptions of species throughout the world.

Title: Mammals of North America Provider: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Subject Heading/s: Mammals--North America--Identification LC Class: QL715 Reference Category: Handbooks Description: "A searchable database of all living mammals of North America . . . based The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals, by Don E. Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999) and Mammals of North America, by Roland W. Kays and Don E. Wilson (2002)." Can be searched by specific mammal, by common or scientific name, or select an order, family, or genus. Map searching allows you to identify mammals common to a specific location. Updated 12/07/2007

Title: Moths of North America Provider: U.S. Geological Survey Subject Heading/s: Moths--North America--Identification. LC Class: QL541 Reference Category: Guides Description: Choose one of the contiguous 48 states or northern Mexico to see a list of native species accompanied by descriptive text, references and usually photos.

Title: Online Bird Guide Provider: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Subject Heading/s: Birds--Identification.~ LC Class: QL671 Reference Category: Guides Description: Information on habitat, nesting with photos and bird calls. Added 6/17/04

Title: Primate Info Net Provider: Wisconsin National Primate Research Center Subject Heading/s: Primates LC Class: QL737 Reference Category: Handbooks Description: "Primate Info Net (PIN) is designed to cover the broad field of primatology providing original content and links to resources about nonhuman primates in research, education and conservation." Factsheets serve as a starting point to find information about the various primate species. Each PIN Factsheets cover one or more species, including morphology, ecology, behavior, and conservation with range maps, images, and an extensive glossary of terms to illustrate the text. New factsheets will be developed and added to this site on a regular basis." Added 10/16/06

Title: PrimateLit Provider: University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Subject Heading/s: Primates. LC Class: QL737 Reference Category: Bibliographies Description: "The PrimateLit database provides bibliographic access to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates for the research and educational communities. Coverage of the database spans 1940 to present and includes all publication categories (articles, books, abstracts, technical reports, dissertations, book chapters, etc.) and many subject areas (behavior, colony management, ecology, reproduction, field studies, disease models, veterinary science, psychology, physiology, pharmacology, evolution, taxonomy, developmental and molecular biology, genetics and zoogeography). " Citations only, but many lead to abstracts in PubMed.

Title: Reptiles Provider: Canadian Museum of Nature Subject Heading/s: Reptiles. LC Class: QL640 Reference Category: Guides Description: Illustrations and descriptions of a small number of species throughout the world.