Authors: National Audubon Society, National Audubon Society, Richard D. Estes
ISBN-13: 9780679432340, ISBN-10: 0679432345
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date Published: October 1995
Edition: Reprint
The first and only field guide to offer comprehensive coverage of the African continent, this guide sends the reader on a virtual safari. All the birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects are brought to life, and the parks and reserves for which the continent is famous are described in thorough detail. This guide is packed with 577 stunning color photographs of African habitats and animals, and provides a wealth of information on more than 850 species compiled by veteran safari leaders and experts in African wildlife.
Introduction | 15 | |
How to Use This Guide | 25 | |
Pt. I | The African Continent | |
Biogeography of Africa | 29 | |
Countries and Reserves: Where to See Wildlife | 41 | |
Pt. II | Color Plates | |
African Habitats and Geography | 155 | |
Key to the Color Plates of Animal Species | ||
Mammals | ||
Birds | ||
Reptiles | ||
Insects | ||
Pt | III Species Accounts | |
Mammals | 443 | |
Birds | 635 | |
Reptiles | 891 | |
Insects | 913 | |
Pt. IV | Appendices | |
Conservation Status of African Wildlife | 921 | |
Glossary | 925 | |
Picture Credits | 936 | |
Geographical Index | 945 | |
Species Index | 957 |