Collins Field Guide – African Wildlife (Collins Pocket Guide) - Softcover

Alden, Peter; Estes, Richard; Schlitter, Duane A.; McBride, Bunny

9780002200660: Collins Field Guide – African Wildlife (Collins Pocket Guide)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 000220066X ISBN 13: 9780002200660

Publisher: Collins, 1997

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The most comprehensive identification guide to the wildlife of Africa

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The most comprehensive field guide to the wildlife of Africa – a continent unparalleled in its ecological richness. All 577 stunning photographs are in full colour, featuring 50 habitats, 200 mammals, 300 birds, and many reptiles and insects. The text covers 850 species, with 470 species range maps. A separate section provides in-depth descriptions and detailed maps for 58 countries and island groups. This field guide will long outlive its use on safari to serve as a definitive resource on African wildlife.

Collins Guides are organised with a visual key. Taxonomically arranged photographs, keyed with helpful thumb-tab silhouettes, make identification quick and easy.

Peter C. Alden, principal author, has designed and led safari and wildlife tours to 27 African countries; he lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

Richard D. Estes, who lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire, chairs the Antelope Specialists Group.

Duane Schlitter is curator of mammals at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he lives.

Bunny McBride is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in 'Sierra' and 'International Wildlife'; she lives in Manhattan, Kansas.

Synopsis:

This illustrated field guide to the wildlife of Afica features 300 birds, 200 mammals and many reptiles and insects. It can also be used as a reference work on African wildlife, with details of behaviour and biology, as well as all the key identification features.

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