Behavior Guide to African Mammals

Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates, 20th Anniversary Edition

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

"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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-03-28
Mått:155 x 234 x 33 mm
Vikt:908 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:640
Förlag:University of California Press
Illustratör:Otte, Daniel
Medarbetare:Wilson,EdwardO.
ISBN:9780520272972

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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).

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"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."

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by Edward 0. WilsonPrefaceGuide to the GuidePart I. Hoofed Mammals: Antelopes and Other Ruminants1. Introduction to the Ruminants2. Antelopes and Buffalo: Family Bovidae3· Duikers: Tribe Cephalophini4· Dwarf Antelopes: Tribe Neotragini 5· Gazelles and Their Allies: Tribe Antilopini6. Reedbucks, Kob, and Waterbuck: Tribe Reduncini7. Horse Antelopes: Tribe Hippotragini8. Hartebeests, Topi, Blesbok, and Wildebeests: Tribe Alcelaphini9· Bushbuck, Kudus, and Elands: Tribe Tragelaphini10. Buffaloes and Cattle: Tribe Bovini11. Giraffe and Okapi: Family GiraffidaePart II. Hoofed Mammals: Nonruminants12. Swine:FamilySuidae13. Hippopotamuses: Family Hippopotamidae14. Rhinoceroses: Family Rhinocerotidae15. Zebras, Asses, and Horses: Family Equidae16. Hyraxes: Order Hyracoidea, Family Procaviidae17. Elephants: Order Proboscidea, Family ElephantidaePart III. Carnivores18. Introduction to Carnivores19. Genets, Civets, and Mongooses: Family Viverridae20. Hyenas and Aardwolf: Family Hyaenidae21. Cats: Family Felidae22. Foxes, Jackals, and Dogs: Family Canidae23. Weasels, Otters, Zorilla, and Ratel: Family MustelidaePart IV. Primates24. Introduction to Primates25. Bush Babies and Pottos: Family Lorisidae26. Old World Monkeys: Communication in the Family Cercopithecidae27. Guenons, Mangabeys, and Baboons: Subfamily Cercopithecinae28. Colobus Monkeys: Subfamily Colobinae29. Great Apes: Family PongidaeGlossaryBibliographyAdditional References Added in ProofIndex