The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals - Softcover

Kingdon, Jonathan

 
9780691164533: The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals

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The definitive guide to African mammals—now fully revised and updated

The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals is the essential companion for anyone going on safari or interested in African mammals—no other field guide covers the whole continent in a portable format. Now fully revised and updated, it covers all known species of African land mammals and features 780 stunning color illustrations. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, distribution, habitat, food, behavior, adaptations, and conservation status. Coverage of several of the more complex groups of small mammals is simplified by reference to genera, and there are introductory profiles of each mammal group and more than 500 maps. This new edition includes many newly recognized species, and classification has been fully updated.

Written and illustrated by a world authority, The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals is a must-have guide for travelers and armchair naturalists alike.

  • Covers more than 1,100 species
  • Features 780 color illustrations
  • Describes key identification features, distribution, habitat, food, behavior, adaptations, and status
  • Includes many newly recognized species, and classification has been fully updated

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Jonathan Kingdon is one of the world's foremost authorities on African mammals. His books include The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals and Lowly Origin: Where, When, and Why Our Ancestors First Stood Up (both Princeton).

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ISBN 10:  0713665130 ISBN 13:  9780713665130
Verlag: A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 2003
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