The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals PDF
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Revised and Expanded Edition A Guide to Watching African Mammals Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, and Primates RICHARD D. ESTES DRAWINGS BY DANIEL OTTE FOREWORD BY KATHRYN S. FULLER Chelsea Green Publishing Company White River Junction, Vermont Copyright 1993, 1999 by R. D. Estes. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or photocopying, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. Published by Chelsea Green Publishing Company, P.O. Box 428, White River Junction, Vermont 05001. Published in South Africa by Russel Friedman Books CC, P.O. Box 73, Halfway House 1685, South Africa. ISBN: 0-9583223-3-3 Published in Zimbabwe by Tutorial Press, 16 George Silundika Avenue, Harare, Zimbabwe. ISBN: 0-7974-1159-3 The Safari Companion was designed by Electric Dragon Productions, Montpelier, Vermont. First edition 1993 Revised edition 1999 Printed in the United States of America 09 08 10 9 The Safari Companion was printed on recycled paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Estes, R. D. The safari companion: a guide to watching African mammals / by Richard D. Estes; drawings by Daniel Otte.—Rev. ed. p. cm. Includes bibiographical references. eBookISBN: 978-1-60358-185-1 1. Wildlife watching—Africa, Eastern—Guidebooks. 2. Wildlife watching— Africa, Southern—Guidebooks. 3. Mammals—Africa, Eastern—Behavior. 4. Mammals—Africa, Southern—Behavior. I. Title. QL60.E841999 599.096—dc20 Chelsea Green Publishing Company P.O. Box 428 White River Junction, VT 05001 800-639-4099 www.chelseagreen.com To Runi, Lindy, and Anna May this book lead to our African reunion CONTENTS MAPS FOREWORD PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION USER’S GUIDE TO THE SAFARI COMPANION 1. SOCIAL AND MATING SYSTEMS 2. OBSERVING AFRICAN MAMMALS 3. UNDERSTANDING ANIMAL BEHAVOR PART I ANTELOPES AND OTHER RUMINANTS 4. INTRODUCING ANTELOPES AND OTHER AFRICAN RUMINANTS Antelope Behavior Guide 5. DUIKERS Blue Duiker, Cephalophus monticola Gray Duiker, Sylvicapra grimmia 6. DWARF ANTELOPES Steenbok, Raphicerus campestris Dik-dik, Madoqua kirkii Klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus Oribi, Ourebia ourebi 7. GAZELLE TRIBE Thomson’s Gazelle, Gazella thomsonii Grant’s Gazelle, G. granti Springbok, Antidorcas marsupialis Gerenuk, Litocranius walleri 8. REEDBUCK/KOB TRIBE Reedbucks, Redunca species Kob Antelope, Kobus kob Lechwe, K. leche Waterbuck, K. ellipsiprymnus 9. VAAL OR GRAY RHEBOK, Pelea capreolus 10. HORSE ANTELOPES Roan Antelope, Hippotragus equinus Sable Antelope, H. niger Oryx/Gemsbok, Oryx gazella 11. HARTEBEEST TRIBE Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus Topi/Tsessebe, Damaliscus lunatus Blesbok/Bontebok, D. dorcas Common Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus Black Wildebeest or White-tailed Gnu, C. gnou 12. IMPALA, Aepyceros melampus 13. BUSHBUCK TRIBE Bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus Sitatunga, T. spekii Nyala, T. angasii Lesser Kudu, T. imberbis Greater Kudu, T. strepsiceros Bongo, T. (Boocercus) eurycerus Common Eland, T. (Taurotragus) oryx 14. AFRICAN OR CAPE BUFFALO, Syncerus caffer 15. GIRAFFE, Giraffa camelopardalis PART II OTHER HOOFED MAMMALS 16. SWINE Bushpig, Potamochoerus larvatus Giant Forest Hog, Hylochoerus meinertzhageni Common Warthog, Phacochoerus africanus 17. HIPPOPOTAMUS, Hippopotamus amphibius 18. RHINOCEROSES cr Black Rhino, Diceros bicornis White Rhino, Ceratotherium simum 19. ZEBRAS AND ASSES en Grevy’s Zebra, Equus grevyi Plains or Burchell’s Zebra, E. burchelli en Mountain Zebra, E. zebra 20. HYRAXES OR DASSIES Rock Hyrax or Dassie and Bush Hyrax or Yellow-spotted Dassie, Procavia johnstoni and Heterohyrax brucei Tree Hyrax or Dassie, Dendrohyrax arboreus en 21. ELEPHANT, Loxodonta africana PART III CARNIVORES 22. INTRODUCING CARNIVORES
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