The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, and PrimatesThe 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:
"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.) |
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... Savanna ( Vervet ) Monkey , C. ( aethiops ) 400 Savanna Baboon , Papio cynocephalus 405 Black and White Colobus or Guercza , Colobus guereza 410 32. GREAT APES 415 Gorilla , Gorilla gorillaen 418 Chimpanzee , Pan troglodytes en 426 ...
... Savanna Transition and Mosaic a . Coastal Forest - Savanna Mosaic 3. Northern Savanna ( including Guinea Savanna and part of Sudanese Arid Zone ) 4. The Sahel ( arid savanna and bushland ) 5. Desert and semidesert shrubland a . The ...
... ( savanna baboon ) or to gain and maintain a harem ( gelada , hamadrayas , gorilla ) . Interestingly enough , it is apparently easier to own a harem than to compete on equal terms for unattached estrous females . A harem is like a ...
... paternity : monogamy and one - male harems ( see Table 1.1 ) . Exceptions include the dwarf mongoose and savanna baboon . Chapter 2 OBSERVING AFRICAN ANIMALS The number and variety of 6 CHAPTER 1 : SOCIAL AND MATING SYSTEMS.
... savanna habitats as single - species ag- gregations . Resident herds of topi , hartebeest , waterbuck , impala , giraffe , and warthog occur every mile or so in the woodland zone of Serengeti National Park or Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve ...
Contents
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 |