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Animal Diversity Web
Information on distributions, natural history, conservation, and economic importance of animal species.
 
Chesapeake Bay Program
Information on the restoration and protection on the Chesapeake Bay, including animals and plants, habitats, pollutants, water quality.

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia

Classic reference work organized by classification of animals.

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity.
(Ref QH541.15 .B56 E53 2001 - Carrier Library)
 
Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology.
(Ref. QH540.4 .E52 1995 - Carrier Library and CISAT Library)
 
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
(Ref QL3 .G7813 - Carrier Library)
Classic work providing comprehensive knowledge on animals.
 

Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
(Ref QL701 .G7913 1990 - Carrier Library)
Includes descriptions of species, habitats, taxonomy, and distribution. Extensive charts, diagrams, and photographs.
 

Handbook of Marine Mammals.
(QL713.2 H34 1981 - Carrier Library)
Provides information on taxonomy, distribution, morphology, anatomy, physiology, etc. Extensive bibliographies.
 
Walker's Mammals of the World.
(Ref QL703 .W222 1991 - Carrier Library)
Important source on orders, families, and genera of world mammals. Extensive bibliography.

Taxonomy
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, and microbes of the world.
 
FishBase: A Global Information System on Fishes (International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management)
Searchable database on practically all fish species known to science. Includes images and information on genetics, ecology, morphology, and larvae.
 
Mammal Species of the World
Searchable database of all currently recognized species of (living) mammals, with data on each species.
 
Tree of Life
Contains information about phylogenetic relationships and characteristics of organisms.