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East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume 3, Part D: Bovids

East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume 3, Part D: Bovids

by Jonathan Kingdon
East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume 3, Part D: Bovids

East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume 3, Part D: Bovids

by Jonathan Kingdon

Overview

Kingdon's remarkable seven-volume masterwork on East African mammals concludes with two volumes on the bovids, placing them in a broad comparative, ecological, and evolutionary context. Volume IIIC covers cattle, water buffalo, kudus, elands, dwarf antelopes, duikers, reedbucks, and waterbucks; IIID covers gazelles, impalas, wildebeests, oryxes, sheep, and goats. In addition to the stunning, lifelike drawings that are an integral part of the text, the volumes include a reappraisal of bovid taxonomy and original analyses of the form and function of body shape and size, horn shape, coat pattern, and tooth structure.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780226437255
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/29/1988
Series: East African Mammals , #7
Edition description: 1
Pages: 358
Product dimensions: 8.25(w) x 10.75(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Jonathan Kingdon was born in Tanganyika, now Tanzania, and educated at Makerere University, Uganda. He is presently affiliated with the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

BOVIDS, HORNED UNGULATES (BOVIDAE) continued

GAZELLINE ANTELOPES (Antilopini)
Thomson's gazelle, Tommy, Gazella thomsoni
Grant's gazelle, Gazella granti
Soemmering's gazelle, Gazella soemmeringii
Gerenuk, Litocranius walleri

ALCELAPHINES (Alcelaphini)
Impala, Aepyceros melampus
Hirola, Hunter's hartebeest, Beatragus hunteri
Topi, Tiang, Damalisc, Bastard hartebeest, Damaliscus lunatus
Hartebeest, Kongoni, Alcelaphus buselaphus
Gnu, Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus

HORSE-LIKE ANTELOPES, HIPPOTRAGINES (Hippotragini)
Sable antelope, Hippotragus niger
Horse antelope, Roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus
Oryx, Oryx gazella

SHEEP AND GOATS, CAPRINES (Caprini)

Appendix I: Conservation
Appendix II: Management of Mammals in Captivity
Appendix I II: Disease and Parasites
Appendix IV: Exploitation

Bibliography
Checklist of Species with Authorities
Gazetteer
Systematic Index
Subject Index
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