Beat about the Bush: Mammals

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Jacana Media, Sep 13, 2006 - Science - 376 pages
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Filling the gap between basic mammal guides and extensive academic texts, this resource answers everyday questions about mammals in an understandable fashion that will appeal to tourists, bush enthusiasts, and field guides. Addressing everything from how an elephant's trunk works to why the blue whale is not a fish, this question-and-answer guide includes more than 700 color photographs and a detailed section on tracks and signs, making it a must-have for anyone wanting to know about the mammals of the bush region.
 

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CONTENTS
5
CARNIVORA animal producteaters
68
RUMINANTIA cudchewers
144
WhIPPOMORPhA
191
SUIfORMES
202
PERISSODACTYlA oddtoed ungulates
211
In summer african buffalo are active from late afternoon to well after sunset
293
138
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aardvark adult african african buffalo aggressive animals antelope areas attack baboons Bat-eared fox bats behaviour black rhino body bone bovids brown hyaena buffalo bulls burrows bush bushpig called canines carnivores cats cheetah claws colour common cubs defence diet dominant male dung ears elephant eyes feeding feet females foot forage front galagos giraffe glands grass ground groups habitat hair herd hind legs hippos holes home ranges honey badger hoof horns hunt hyaenas hyraxes impala incisors individuals jackals kill larger leopard lion mammals marks mating molars mongoose monkeys move musth neck night occur oestrus ofthe pangolins pellets penis possibly predators premolars preorbital glands prey probably result ruminants scent seen sexes skin social soil sometimes species spotted hyaenas stripes survival tail teeth tend termite territorial toes tracks trees trunk tusks urine usually vehicle vervet walk warthog white rhino wild dog wildebeest zebra

About the author (2006)

Trevor Carnaby has been a professional field guide for more than 14 years. He has worked as a head guide, environmental manager, and guide trainer in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve and is now a specialist guide based in northern Botswana.

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TitleBeat about the Bush: Mammals
Beat about the Bush Series
Bush Guide Mammals
Jacanamaps: Bush guide : mammals
AuthorTrevor Carnaby
Editionillustrated
PublisherJacana Media, 2006
ISBN1770092404, 9781770092402
Length376 pages
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