Field Guide to the Mammals of Southern Africa

by Chris Stuart; Tilde Stuart

• ISBN13: 9780883590478
• ISBN10: 0883590476
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Ralph Curtis Pub

Summary

In this guide to the prolific mammalian wildlife of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and part of Mozambique, a married conservationist couple describe the characteristics of species grouped in 112 color plates with pointers on identification, distribution, habitat, behavior, reproduction, and food. The volume uniquely includes whales and dolphins as well as land mammals. Contains distribution maps, spoor (track) drawings, and a short glossary. Indexed by scientific and common English and Afrikaans names.

Author Biography

Chris Stuart was born in Yorkshire, England and was educated there and in South Africa, obtaining his M.Sc. in Zoology from the University of Natal. He has worked with several southern African conservation agencies, including the Cape Department of Nature and Environmental Conservation, the Albany Museum and the Namib Desert Research Station in Namibia. He is a member of the Cat Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Tilde Stuart was born in Tyrol, Austria and was educated there and at the German School in Teheran, Iran. She received her doctorate at the University of Innsbruck and thereafter worked for two years at a rural hospital in the northern Transvaal.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	7	(1)
Photographic credits	8	(1)
Introduction	9	(3)
How to use this field guide	12	(2)
Conservation and wildlife management	14	(2)
Family introductions	16	(14)
Organizations concerned with mammal studies and conservation	30	(2)
Order Insectivora	32	(14)
Golden moles (family Chrysochloridae)	32	(4)
Hedgehog (family Erinaceidae)	36	(2)
Elephant-shrews (family Macroscelididae)	38	(2)
Shrews (family Soricidae)	40	(6)
Order Chiroptera	46	(28)
Fruit-bats (family Pteropodidae)	46	(4)
Sheath-tailed and tomb bats (family Emballonuridae)	50	(1)
Trident and leaf-nosed bats (family Hipposideridae)	50	(4)
Slit-faced bats (family Nycteridae)	54	(2)
Horseshoe bats (family Rhinolophidae)	56	(2)
Vesper bats (family Vespertilionidae)	58	(1)
Long-fingered bats (subfamily Miniopterinae)	58	(2)
Serotine, hairy, pipistrelle, butterfly, long-eared and house bats (subfamily Vespertilioninae)	60	(10)
Woolly bats (subfamily Kerivoulinae)	70	(1)
Free-tailed bats (family Molossidae)	70	(4)
Order Primates	74	(8)
Baboons and monkeys (family Cercopithecidae)	74	(4)
Bushbabies (family Lorisidae)	78	(4)
Order Pholidota	82	(1)
Pangolin (family Manidae)	82	(1)
Order Lagomorpha	82	(4)
Hares and rabbits (family Leporidae)	82	(4)
Order Rodentia	86	(36)
Squirrels (family Sciuridae)	86	(6)
Dormice (family Gliridae)	92	(2)
Springhare (family Pedetidae)	94	(1)
Molerats (family Bathyergidae)	94	(2)
Porcupine (family Hystricidae)	96	(2)
Cane-rats (family Thryonomyidae)	98	(1)
Dassie rat (family Petromuridae)	98	(2)
Rats and mice (family Cricetidae and Muridae)	100	(22)
Order Carnivora	122	(40)
Foxes, jackals and wild dog (family Canidae)	122	(6)
Otters, badger, weasel and polecat (family Mustelidae)	128	(4)
Mongoose, genets and civets (family Viverridae)	132	(16)
Hyaenas (family Hyaenidae)	148	(2)
Aardwolf (family Protelidae)	150	(2)
Cats (family Felidae)	152	(10)
Order Tubulidentata	162	(2)
Aardvark (family Orycteropodidae)	162	(2)
Order Proboscidea	164	(2)
Elephant (family Elephantidae)	164	(2)
Order Hyracoidea	166	(4)
Dassies (family Procaviidae)	166	(4)
Order Perissodactyla	170	(6)
Zebras (family Equidae)	170	(2)
Rhinoceros (family Rhinocerotidae)	172	(4)
Order Artiodactyla	176	(48)
Pigs (family Suidae)	176	(2)
Hippopotamus (family Hippopotamidae)	178	(2)
Giraffe (family Giraffidae)	180	(2)
Antelope and buffalo (family Bovidae)	182	(40)
Fallow deer (family Cervidae)	222	(1)
Tahr (family Bovidae; subfamily Caprinae)	222	(2)
Order Cetacea	224	(26)
Rorquals or pleated whales (family Balaenopteridae)	224	(4)
Right whales (family Balaenidae)	228	(2)
Beaked whales (family Ziphiidae)	230	(4)
Sperm whales (family Physeteridae)	234	(2)
Dolphins, pilot whales, killer and false killer whales (family Delphinidae)	236	(14)
Order Sirenia	250	(1)
Dugong (family Dugongidae)	250	(1)
Order Pinnipedia	250	(6)
Fur seals (family Otariidae)	250	(2)
True seals (family Phocidae)	252	(4)
Spoor drawings	256	(5)
Suggested further reading	261	(1)
Glossary	261	(1)
Index to common names	262	(4)
Index to scientific names	266	(4)
Index to Afrikaans names	270