The Behavior Guide to African Mammals
Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates, 20th Anniversary Edition
Published on 28. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
640 pages
978-0-520-27297-2 (ISBN)
Description
"The Behavior Guide to African Mammals" is as different from a conventional field guide as motion pictures are from a snapshot. Whether we are able to look at them face to face, on television, or in the hundreds of illustrations provided here by Daniel Otte, this guide allows us to understand what animals do and what their behavior means. Drawing on his own extensive fieldwork and on the research of many other scientists, Richard Despard Estes describes and explains the behavior of four major groups of mammals. Estes' remarkably informative guide is as up-to-date for the zoologist as it is accessible for the interested onlooker.
Reviews / Votes
"Whether we are able to look at them face to face, on television, or in the hundreds of illustrations provided here by Daniel Otte, this guide allows us to understand what animals do and what their behavior means. Drawing on his own extensive fieldwork and on the research of many other scientists, Richard Despard Estes describes and explains the behavior of four major groups of mammals. Estes's remarkably informative guide is as up-to-date (as of 1992) for the zoologist as it is accessible for the interested onlooker." * The Guardian * "Outstanding. . . .For anyone who's planning or remembering an African safari, or is fascinated by the continent's wildlife." * Chicago Sun Times *More details
Edition
2nd revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
46 b-w photographs, 338 line illustrations, 90 maps, 56 tables
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
895 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-27297-2 (9780520272972)
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Previous edition
Richard D. Estes
The Behavior Guide to African Mammals
Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates
Book
12/1992
1st Edition
University of California Press
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Persons
Richard Estes is one of the world's foremost experts on the social ecology of African mammals. Daniel Otte is Curator and Chairman of the Department of Entomology at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. E. O. Wilson is Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science and Curator in Entomology at Harvard University and co-author of The Ants (1990).
Content
Foreword by Edward 0. Wilson
Preface
Guide to the Guide
Part I. Hoofed Mammals: Antelopes and Other Ruminants
1. Introduction to the Ruminants
2. Antelopes and Buffalo: Family Bovidae
3? Duikers: Tribe Cephalophini
4? Dwarf Antelopes: Tribe Neotragini
5? Gazelles and Their Allies: Tribe Antilopini
6. Reedbucks, Kob, and Waterbuck: Tribe Reduncini
7. Horse Antelopes: Tribe Hippotragini
8. Hartebeests, Topi, Blesbok, and Wildebeests: Tribe Alcelaphini
9? Bushbuck, Kudus, and Elands: Tribe Tragelaphini
10. Buffaloes and Cattle: Tribe Bovini
11. Giraffe and Okapi: Family Giraffidae
Part II. Hoofed Mammals: Nonruminants
12. Swine:FamilySuidae
13. Hippopotamuses: Family Hippopotamidae
14. Rhinoceroses: Family Rhinocerotidae
15. Zebras, Asses, and Horses: Family Equidae
16. Hyraxes: Order Hyracoidea, Family Procaviidae
17. Elephants: Order Proboscidea, Family Elephantidae
Part III. Carnivores
18. Introduction to Carnivores
19. Genets, Civets, and Mongooses: Family Viverridae
20. Hyenas and Aardwolf: Family Hyaenidae
21. Cats: Family Felidae
22. Foxes, Jackals, and Dogs: Family Canidae
23. Weasels, Otters, Zorilla, and Ratel: Family Mustelidae
Part IV. Primates
24. Introduction to Primates
25. Bush Babies and Pottos: Family Lorisidae
26. Old World Monkeys: Communication in the Family Cercopithecidae
27. Guenons, Mangabeys, and Baboons: Subfamily Cercopithecinae
28. Colobus Monkeys: Subfamily Colobinae
29. Great Apes: Family Pongidae
Glossary
Bibliography
Additional References Added in Proof
Index
Preface
Guide to the Guide
Part I. Hoofed Mammals: Antelopes and Other Ruminants
1. Introduction to the Ruminants
2. Antelopes and Buffalo: Family Bovidae
3? Duikers: Tribe Cephalophini
4? Dwarf Antelopes: Tribe Neotragini
5? Gazelles and Their Allies: Tribe Antilopini
6. Reedbucks, Kob, and Waterbuck: Tribe Reduncini
7. Horse Antelopes: Tribe Hippotragini
8. Hartebeests, Topi, Blesbok, and Wildebeests: Tribe Alcelaphini
9? Bushbuck, Kudus, and Elands: Tribe Tragelaphini
10. Buffaloes and Cattle: Tribe Bovini
11. Giraffe and Okapi: Family Giraffidae
Part II. Hoofed Mammals: Nonruminants
12. Swine:FamilySuidae
13. Hippopotamuses: Family Hippopotamidae
14. Rhinoceroses: Family Rhinocerotidae
15. Zebras, Asses, and Horses: Family Equidae
16. Hyraxes: Order Hyracoidea, Family Procaviidae
17. Elephants: Order Proboscidea, Family Elephantidae
Part III. Carnivores
18. Introduction to Carnivores
19. Genets, Civets, and Mongooses: Family Viverridae
20. Hyenas and Aardwolf: Family Hyaenidae
21. Cats: Family Felidae
22. Foxes, Jackals, and Dogs: Family Canidae
23. Weasels, Otters, Zorilla, and Ratel: Family Mustelidae
Part IV. Primates
24. Introduction to Primates
25. Bush Babies and Pottos: Family Lorisidae
26. Old World Monkeys: Communication in the Family Cercopithecidae
27. Guenons, Mangabeys, and Baboons: Subfamily Cercopithecinae
28. Colobus Monkeys: Subfamily Colobinae
29. Great Apes: Family Pongidae
Glossary
Bibliography
Additional References Added in Proof
Index