The Kingdon Field Guide to African MammalsA&C Black, 31 gen 2013 - 606 pagine This ebook is the complete guide to the mammal fauna of Africa. Optimised for iPad, this guide will enable identification of all 460 land mammals likely to be seen anywhere in Africa. Detailed accounts, with colour illustrations, are provided for most species, but some complex small mammal groups are summarized by genera. The colour illustrations show both sexes in sexually dimorphic species, and there are also a wealth of line drawings illustrating typical behaviours, the function of camouflaged or disruptive markings and the details of interspecific variation among closely allied species. Fully zoomable distribution maps show the ranges of most species covered. Heading to any part of Africa? Don't leave home without this indispensable guide. |
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ChecklistofSpecies | |
Mammals | |
Insectivores | |
Hyraxes Proboscids | |
The African Environment | |
The Past | |
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Acacia Adaptations adult Africa African Convention Angola animals anomalure antelope arboreal areas baboons Bdeogale Behaviour blesmol brown burrows bush carnivores Cephalophus Cercopithecus colour common dark dense desert diet Distribution dominant duiker ears Ecology elephant shrews Endangered IUCN equatorial eyes feeding Food foraging forest fossil fruit bat Funisciurus galago gazelle genet Genetta gestation glands grass grasslands grey grizzled groups guenon Habitat hares home ranges horns hunting hyaena hyraxes incisors insects inthe invertebrates IUCN Kenya known legs limbs live lowland mainly mammals mangabey mature Measurements mice mongoose Monkey Cercopithecus montane mountain muzzle names neck nocturnal nose numbers ofthe onthe Othernames pale pangolin Paraxerus Piliocolobus populations predators rainforest rats Recognition red colobus region resemble riverine rodents savannahs scent season sexually short specialised species squirrel Status stripes Subspecies Swah swamp tail teeth termites territories thickets trees Uganda underparts underside vegetation vulnerable widespread witha woodlands young Zaïre