The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals: Second EditionBloomsbury Publishing, 23 apr 2015 - 640 pagine Jonathan Kingdon, one of the world's foremost authorities on African mammals, has both written and illustrated this landmark field guide. The unique combination of his extensive field experience and artistic talent has produced a stunning work that sets new standards. The concise text provides full information on identification, distribution, ecology, relationships and conservation status, with introductory profiles that summarise the characteristics of each mammal group. All known species of African land mammal are covered, with coverage of several of the more complex groups of small mammals simplified by reference to genera. Classification has been fully updated and this new edition includes many newly recognised species. With over 780 colour illustrations, numerous line drawings and more than 520 maps, this book will be an essential companion to anyone visiting Africa or with an interest in the mammals of the continent. Competition note: There are regional mammal books covering southern Africa, for example, but none that covers the whole continent in a portable format. The smaller-format and more concise Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals may be more appealing to a more general safari market, but is much less comprehensive and more out of date. |
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ADAPTATIONS adult males Africa animals Anomalure antelopes arboreal areas baboons BEHAVIOUR black blesmols BOVIDS brown burrows Bush bushmeat Cape carnivores Cephalophus Cercopithecus CETARTIODACTYLA colour common Congo conservation dark dense desert diet Dikdik DISTRIBUTION dry season Duiker ears Eastern Gorillas ecological elephants endangered Ethiopia females FOOD foraging forest fossils fruit bats Funisciurus Galago Gazelle Genet GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION gestation Giraffe glands golden-moles grass grasslands grey grizzled groups guenons HABITAT hairs Heliosciurus home-ranges HORNED UNGULATES hunting Hyaena hyraxes incisors insects invertebrates IUCN Kenya known large limbs live long lowland mainly mammals Mangabey margins MEASUREMENTS HB Mongoose Monkey montane Mountain muzzle neck nocturnal nose numbers OTHERNAMES pale Pangolin Paraxerus populations predators prey PRIMATES rainforest range rats RECOGNITION Red Colobus region relatively rodents Rope Squirrel savannas scent sengis shrews skull small southern specialised species STATUS stripes subspecies swamp tail Tanzania teeth territories thickets trees Uganda underparts underside vegetation white widespread woodlands young Zebra