The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, and Primates

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Chelsea Green Publishing, Dec 1, 1999 - Nature - 459 pages

The best field guide to observing and understanding the behavior of African mammals and an indispensable tool for naturalists traveling to Africa!

The Second Edition has been fully revised and includes a new preface.

The Safari Companion enables readers to recognize and interpret visible behavioral activities, such as courtship rituals, territorial marking, aggression, and care of young. Each account of over 80 species includes a behavioral table in which the unique actions of the hoofed mammals, carnivores, and primates are described for easy reference.

Other features include:

  • Expert Illustrations
  • Useful maps showing major national boundaries, vegetation zones, and game parks
  • An extensive glossary
  • Tips on wildlife photography
  • A list of organizations working to protect African wildlife

"The best behavioral field guide ever."—Sy Montgomery, author of Tamed and Untamed

"The book is more than a field guide; it is a valuable tool for conservation."—Kathryn S. Fuller, President, World Wildlife Fund (U.S.A.)

 

Selected pages

Contents

SOCIAL AND MATING SYSTEMS
1
OBSERVING AFRICAN MAMMALS
7
UNDERSTANDING ANIMAL BEHAVOR
13
DUIKERS
33
DWARF ANTELOPES
40
GAZELLE TRIBE
55
REEDBUCKKOB TRIBE
71
VAAL OR GRAY RHEBOK Pelea capreolus
87
HYRAXES OR DASSIES
214
ELEPHANT Loxodonta africanaen
223
INTRODUCING CARNIVORES
234
GENETS AND CIVETS
242
MONGOOSES
251
HYENA FAMILY
281
CAT FAMILY
300
DOG FAMILY
328

HARTEBEEST TRIBE
104
IMPALA Aepyceros melampus 127 13333
127
BUSHBUCK TRIBE
133
AFRICAN OR CAPE BUFFALO Syncerus caffer
158
GIRAFFE Giraffa camelopardalis
164
OTHER HOOFED MAMMALS
171
HIPPOPOTAMUS Hippopotamus amphibius
185
ZEBRAS AND ASSES
200
WEASELOTTER FAMILY
353
PRIMATES
371
Galago senegalensis and G moholi
385
GREAT APES
415
A Catalogue of Displays and Signals
437
Tips for Viewing and Photographing African Wildlife
445
SUGGESTED READING
455
Copyright

Other editions - View all

The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals : Including Hoofed ...
Richard Estes
Snippet view - 1993
The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals, Including Hoofed ...
Richard D. Estes
No preview available - 1999

Common terms and phrases

ACTIVITY adult males Africa Aggression animals antelopes baboons bachelor herds BEHAVIOR Expect breeding bulls bushbabies bushbuck bushpig calls calves carnivores cats chasing cheetah Color context and meaning copulation Courtship Defensive threat dominance dry season duiker dung ears ECOLOGY erect posture estrus females fighting foraging forest gazelle gerenuk gestation golden jackal gorilla grass grassland habitat hartebeest head home range horns hyraxes jackals juveniles Kenya klipspringer km˛ lechwe legs leopard licking lions live mammals mating mi˛ mongoose monkeys months Mother and Offspring neck oribi pack pair plains zebra preorbital glands prey primates ratel reedbuck REPRODUCTION Response to Predators rhino savanna Scent glands Scent-marking Serengeti sexes sexual Sociable Behavior Social grooming SOCIAL/MATING SYSTEM species spotted hyena striped striped hyena Submission tail Tanzania Territorial Advertising territorial males threat display topi trees troop urine Usual context waterbuck wild dog wildebeest young zebra

About the author (1999)

Richard D. Estes has led wildlife-viewing safaris in Africa for many years and is one of the world's foremost experts on the social ecology of African mammals. Dr. Estes is a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution Conservation and Research Center, an Associate at the Harvard Museums of Natural History, and a Trustee of The Rare Species Conservatory Foundation. He lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, and Primates
AuthorRichard D. Estes
Illustrated byDaniel Otte
ContributorKathryn S. Fuller
Editionrevised
PublisherChelsea Green Publishing, 1999
ISBN1603581855, 9781603581851
Length459 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Nature / Animals / Wildlife
Travel / Africa / Central
Travel / General
  
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