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Title: The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals (Princeton Field Guides) by Jonathan Kingdon ISBN: 0-691-11692-X Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 28 February, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: About the Best Currently, but Could Be Improved
Comment: First let me say that in general I find this book excellent, and highly recommend it to anyone interested in the mammalian fauna of Africa.
It is very comprehensive, covering every single species of African mammals with the exception of bats, rodents, insectivores, elephant-shrews and hyrraxes, which are usually represented by one species for each genus. But every single genus is represented, and of rodents, every species of squirrel is dealt with separately.
The information accompanying each species is very detailed and appears up to date.
Now for the shortcomings:
1) The illustrations are next to the description of each species. Given how detailed/long the texts are, this means that usually there are just 1 or 2 species shown on each page, so to compare all antelopes you must look through a hundred pages or so - not very practical in a field guide!
2) Maps are often pages away from the text and illustration, with no reference to their whereabouts. I often thought there was no map for a species/genus, only to find it pages away, combined with the map for another taxon.
3) While illustrations are identified by the species' English name, the maps are confusingly id'ed by Latin names only. If you aren't familiar with the latter, it takes some cross-reference to find out which species' range you are looking at.
4) The illustrations vary so much in standard that it is hard to believe they were drawn by one person... While most are quite good, even excellent and life-like, others are quite awful, either showing animals with stiff, straight limbs/bodies as if drawn with a ruler (like the Crowned Monkey) or in highly unnatural positions (like the Potto with the limbs twisted out, or the Cheetah standing up like a circus horse).
But again, I still think this is the best guide one can get currently (though Collins is about to publish a new one that may be worth checking out) and is definitely worth getting!
Rating: 5
Summary: A very useful guide with many lovely illustrations
Comment: 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.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not the best guide
Comment: 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.
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Title: The Behavior Guide to African Mammals: Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates by Richard Despard Estes, Daniel Otte, E.O. Wilson ISBN: 0520080858 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1992 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, and Primates by Richard D. Estes, Daniel Otte ISBN: 1890132446 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Dale A. Zimmerman, Donald A. Turner, David J. Pearson ISBN: 0691010226 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi by Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe ISBN: 0856610798 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: In the Footsteps of Eve : The Mystery of Human Origins by Lee R. Berger, Brett Hilton-Barber ISBN: 0792276825 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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