The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals : Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, and Primatesildlife-viewing safari, the guide allows even a novice wildlife observer to understand the behavior of nearly one hundred large mammals, from antelopes, hippos and elephants to lions, monkeys and gorillas. 100 illustrations. |
Contents
MAPS xiii | 1 |
WHERE AND WHEN TO SEE THE ANIMALS | 9 |
ANTELOPES AND OTHER RUMINANTS | 15 |
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The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals, Including Hoofed ... Richard D. Estes No preview available - 1999 |
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ACTIVITY adult males Africa Aggression animals antelopes baboons bachelor herds BEHAVIOR Expect BEHAVIOR GUIDE breeding bulls bushbabies bushbuck bushpig calls calves carnivores cats chasing cheetah Color common context and meaning copulation Courtship Defensive threat dominance dry season duiker ears eating ECOLOGY erect posture estrus females fighting foraging forest gazelle gerenuk gestation golden jackal gorilla grass grassland groups habitat hartebeest head home range horns hyraxes jackals juveniles Kenya km² lechwe legs leopard licking lions live mammals mating mongoose monkeys months Mother and Offspring neck oribi pack plains zebra preorbital glands prey ratel reedbuck REPRODUCTION Response to Predators rhino savanna Scent glands Scent-marking Serengeti sexes slender mongoose Sociable Behavior Social grooming SOCIAL/MATING SYSTEM species spotted hyena striped striped hyena Submission tail Tanzania Territorial Advertising territorial males THREAT DISPLAYS trees troop urine Usual context waterbuck wild dog wildebeest young zebra