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Cheeke, P. and Diernfeld, E. (2010). Comparative Animal Nutrition and Metabolism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Clarke, B. C. and Berry, H. H. (1992). Water flux in free living lions (Panthera leo) in the Etosha National Park, Namibia. Journal of Mammalology, 73, 552-558.
Clauss, M., Kleffner, H., and Kienzle E. (2010). Carnivorous mammals: nutrient digestibility & energy evaluation. Zoo Biology, 29, 687–704.
Crissey, S., Slifka, K., Shumway, P., & Spencer, S. (2001). Handling Frozen/Thawed Meat & Prey Items Fed to Captive Exotic Animals. In U.S. Department of Agriculture (Ed.). National Agricultural Library, 23.
Eloff, F. C. (1984). Food ecology of the Kalahari lion Panthera leo vernayi. Koedoe, Supplement, 249-258.
Estes, R. D. (1992). The Behaviour Guide to African Mammals including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates. London England: University of California Press Ltd.
Estes, R. D. (1993) The Safari Companion: a guide to watching African mammals. United States of America: Chelsea Green Publishing.
Ewer, R.F. (1973) The Carnivores. New York: Cornell University Press.
Feldhamer, G. A., Drickamer, L. C., Vessy, S. H. and Merritt, J. F. (2004). Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, and Ecology. 2nd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Haas, S. K., Hayssen, V. and Krausman, P. R. (2005). Mammalian Species Panthera leo. American Society of Mammalogists, 762, 1-11.
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Hayward, M. W. and Kerley, G. I. H. (2005). Prey preferences of the lion (Panthera leo). Journal of Zoology, 267, 309-322.
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Hendricks, W. H. and Wamberg, S. (2000). Milk intake of suckling kittens remains relatively constant from one to four weeks of age. Journal of Nutrition, 130, 77-82.
Hosey, G., Melfi, V. and Pankhurst, S. (2009). Zoo Animals Behaviour, Management and Welfare. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Jenness, R., and Sloan, R. E. (1970). The composition of milks of various species: A review. Dairy Science Abstracts, 32, 599-612.
Kienzle, E. (1998). Factorial calculation of nutrient requirements in lactating queens. Journal of Nutrition, 128.
Klieman, D. G., Allen, M. E., Thompson, K. V. and Lumpkin, S. (1996). Wild Mammals in Captivity Principles and Techniques. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Kurtén, B. and Anderson E. (1980) Pleistocene Mammals of North America. New York, Chichester and West Sussex: Columbia University Press.
Mazak, V. (1981). Panthera tigris. Mammalian species, 152, 1-8.
McNab, B. K. (2000). The standard energetics of mammalian carnivores: Felidae & Hyaenidae. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 78, 2227–2239.
Meena, V. (2009). Variation in social organisation of lions with particular reference to the Asiatic Lions Panthera leo persica (Carnivora:Felidae) of Gir forest, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 1, 158-165.
Mitra, S. (2005) Gir Forest and the Saga of the Asiatic Lion. New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company.
Morris, J. G., and Rogers, R. Q. (1983). Plant, Animal, and Microbial Adaptations to Terrestrial Environments. Edotors: Margaris, N. D., Arianoutsou-Faraggitaki, M., and Reiter, R. J.. New York: Plenum Publishing.
Munoz-Garcia, A. and Williams, J. B. (2005). Basal metabolic rate in carnivores is associated with diet after controlling for phylogeny. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 78, 103–91056.
Myers, P. and Poor, A. (2007). Animal Diversity Web: Carnivora. Available at: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Carnivora.html. [Accessed: 03 September 2011].
Nowak, R. M. (2005). Walker’s Carnivores of the World. United States of America: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
NRC (1986). Nutrient Requirements of Domestic Animals. 3rd edition. Nutrient Requirements of Cats. National Academy of Sciences – National Research Council, Washington, D.C.
NRC (2006). Nutrient requirements of dogs and cats. National Academy of Sciences – National Research Council, Washington, D.C.
Oftedal, O. T. (1984). Milk composition, milk yield and energy output at peak lactation: A comparative review. Symposium of Zoological Society of London, 51, 33-85.
Ray, J. C. (2005) Large Carnivores and the Conservation of Biodiversity. Washington: Island Press.
Vaughan, T. A., Ryan, J. M. and Czaplewski, N. J. (2000). Mammalogy. 4th edition. United States of America: Thomas Learning Inc.
Visser, H. (2009). Factors influencing lion (Panthera leo) home range, movement and diet in Waza National Park, Cameroon. Available at: http://www.leofoundation.org/downloads/VISSER~1.pdf. [Accessed: 20 March 2013].
Schaller GB (1972) The Serengeti Lion: A Study of Predator-Prey Relations. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press.
Seymour, K. L. (1989). Panthera onca. Mammalian species, 340, 1-9.
Smuts, G. L., Robinson, G. A. and Whyte, I. J. (1980). Comparative growth of wild male and female lions (Panthera leo). Journal of Zoology, 190, 365-373.
Stevens, C. E., and Hume, I. D. (1995). Comparative Physiology of the Vertebrate Digestive System. 2nd edition. Cambridge: University Press of Cambridge.
Skinner, J. D. and Chimimba, C. T. (2005). The Mammals of the Southern Africa Subregion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ullrey, D. E., and Brenard, J. B. (1989). Meat diets for performing exotic cats. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 20, 20-25.
Wilson, E. O. (2000) Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. 25th Anniversary edition. United States of America: President and Fellows of Harvard College.