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| Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals (Natural World) | 
| Author: Jonathan Kingdon
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $45.00
Buy Used: $2.39
You Save: $42.61 (95%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 157565
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0124083552
Dewey Decimal Number: 599
EAN: 9780124083554
ASIN: 0124083552
Publication Date: March 1, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: You save because this is a former library softcover book with the usual markings. It has lots of wear on cover but it is still very readable, so why pay more? A great value.
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 A very useful guide with many lovely illustrations December 11, 2002
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great reference for animals, the guide may not be as thorough as some, but in my opinion, it's thorough enough for the average person..and then some. It has detailed information on the animals it lists, and goes beyond many field guides in this respect. I definitely recommend this book for someone who wants a useful book, loaded with well-drawn color pictures.
 Not the best guide April 7, 2002
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I used this book while in Africa, and discovered that Africans were using a guide to the mammals of Africa that is better organized and easier to use. I'm still trying to find that other book - difficult when I don't know the authors.
Jonathan Kingdon - African Animal Expert May 13, 2000
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book is one of the most complete works on mammals of Africa I have ever read. I wish Mr. Kingdon had written one for each continent. Contains scientific, English, French and German names for each animal and local names as well (Swahili).Habits, habitat, behavior and everything else you would expect from such a gifted author, artist, and scientist. The illustrations by the author are museum quality art. I cannot recommend this book too highly, simply the best in such a small volume, worth twice the price.
A complete guide to African Mammals suitable for field use August 16, 1999
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Excellent text describing size, habitat, behavior, food and status accompanies beautiful colored illustrations of "all the know African land mammaals". Range maps appear below the illustrations which are adjacent to the text. Each order of mammals is described in detail as well.
THE Book for African Animal lovers. September 28, 1998
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is a dream book for those interested in African mammals. First of all, it does not concentrate on "popular" species, such are lions and cheetahs, but talks about all species and important sub-species. The layout of the book is like this: first the author talks about a certain class of mammals, ex. Carnivores, and talks about the things characteristic to that class; then he goes down to family, e.g. canids, and talks about aspects characteristic to that family, and finally, the species themselves, and talks about their individual characteristics, distribution, size, and status. And it goes like that until every species, family and class of African mammal is mentioned. There are no pictures in the book, but color illustrations of all the species mentioned. The illustations are high-class, so much you can easily imagine what the animal looks like in real life. And now, a few bad points. As a bonus, he adds the names of animals in French, German, and a few African languages. Unfortunately, this is inconsistent throughout the book. I understand for the African languages, but French and German translations should have been given for each species. Also, he doesn't mention the mammals of Madagascar, even though Madagascar is part of Africa. And another thing, which would have been nice: with eponymized species (e.g. Ruppell's fox, Wolf's monkey) he should have mentioned who those species were named for. Nevertheless, I still give this book the highest score, for being complete, at least for continental Africa.
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