Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa - 3rd edition

Authors: Chris and Tilde Stuart

Number of pages: 272

Year published: 2001

Edition: 1st

Published by: Struik Publishers

Softcover

ISBN: 1 86872 537 5

Web site: Struik Nature

Wildebeests review of Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa-3rd ed

Anyone with an interest in southern Africa’s mammals and game reserves should be familiar with the many books written by Chris and Tilde Stuart. I personally love their books and always look forward to their next title.

This latest guide is the third edition of their “Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa.” It covers all mammals from small to big: from rodents to whales.

One of the first things that caught my eye, on opening the book, is the number of illustrations in it. There are over 500 photographs as well as some paintings and line drawings. The quality of the photographs is amazing, even for difficult species such as bats and rodents. One thing that I particularly like is the line drawings of the development of the horns of some of the antelope along with the applicable age for each stage.

Overall this is another fine addition to any southern African nature lover’s library and is definitely something that should be taken with when visiting any of our game and nature reserves.

Some of the subjects in this publication

Hottentot Golden Mole - Page: 32
Visagie s golden mole - Page: 32
Cape Golden Mole - Page: 32
De Winton s Golden Mole - Page: 32
Duthie s golden mole - Page: 32
Giant golden mole - Page: 32
Grant s Golden Mole - Page: 32
Yellow golden mole - Page: 32
Sclater s golden mole - Page: 32
Van Zyl s golden mole - Page: 32
Juliana s golden mole - Page: 32
Gunning s golden mole - Page: 32
Rough-haired golden mole - Page: 32
Arends s Golden Mole - Page: 32
Zulu Golden Mole - Page: 32
South African Hedgehog - Page: 37
Eastern Rock Sengi - Page: 38
Western Rock Sengi - Page: 38
Bushveld Sengi - Page: 38
Short-snouted Elephant Shrew - Page: 38
Four-toed Sengi - Page: 38
Short-eared elephant shrew - Page: 38
Peters s Short-snouted Elephant Shrew - Page: 38
Cape Sengi - Page: 38
Forest shrew - Page: 40
Dark-footed forest shrew - Page: 40
Thin mouse shrew - Page: 40
Long-tailed forest shrew - Page: 40
Sclater s tiny mouse shrew - Page: 40
Tiny musk shrew - Page: 42
Greater red musk shrew - Page: 42
Reddish-gray musk shrew - Page: 42
Swamp Musk Shrew - Page: 42
Maquassie musk shrew - Page: 42
Lesser grey-brown musk shrew - Page: 42
Lesser red musk shrew - Page: 42
Greater Grey-brown Musk Shrew - Page: 42
Giant Musk Shrew - Page: 42
Greater Dwarf Shrew - Page: 44
Least dwarf shrew - Page: 44
Lesser dwarf shrew - Page: 44
Climbing Shrew - Page: 44
Straw-coloured Fruit Bat - Page: 46
Egyptian Fruit Bat - Page: 46
Bocage s Fruit Bat - Page: 46
Peters s Epauletted Fruit Bat - Page: 48
Wahlberg s Epauletted Fruit Bat - Page: 48
Angolan Epauletted Fruit-bat - Page: 48
Dobson s Fruit-bat - Page: 48
Commerson s Leaf-nosed Bat - Page: 50
Sundevall s Roundleaf Bat - Page: 50
Sheath-tailed Bat - Page: 50
Mauritian tomb bat - Page: 50
Egyptian Tomb Bat - Page: 50
Persian Leaf-nosed Bat - Page: 52
Percival s trident bat - Page: 52
Wood s slit-faced bat - Page: 54
Egyptian slit-faced bat - Page: 54
Vinson s Slit-faced Bat - Page: 54
Large Slit-faced Bat - Page: 54
Greater Slit-faced Bat - Page: 54
Hairy Slit-faced Bat - Page: 54
Cape Horseshoe Bat - Page: 56
Geoffroy s Horseshoe Bat - Page: 56
Hildebrandt s horseshoe bat - Page: 56
Bushveld Horseshoe Bat - Page: 56
Blasius s horseshoe bat - Page: 56
Swinny s horseshoe bat - Page: 56
Ruppell s horseshoe bat - Page: 56
Lander s horseshoe bat - Page: 56
Dent s horseshoe bat - Page: 56
Darling s horseshoe bat - Page: 56
Schreibes s Long-fingered Bat - Page: 58
Natal Long-fingered Bat - Page: 58
Lesser Long-fingered Bat - Page: 58
Cape Serotine Bat - Page: 60
Somali Serotine Bat - Page: 60
Rendall s Serotine Bat - Page: 60
Long-tailed House Bat - Page: 60
Meick s Serotine Bat - Page: 60
Rufous Mouse-eared Bat - Page: 62
Welwitsch s Bat - Page: 62
Cape Hairy Bat - Page: 62
Angola Hairy Bat - Page: 62
Lesueur s Hairy Bat - Page: 62
Kuhl s Pipistrelle - Page: 64
Anchieta s Pipistrelle - Page: 64
Banana Pipistrelle - Page: 64
Ruppell s Pipistrelle - Page: 64
Rusty Pipistrelle - Page: 64
Botswana Long-eared Bat - Page: 66
Butterfly Bat - Page: 66
Winton s Long-eared Bat - Page: 66
Namib Long-eared Bat - Page: 66
African Yellow Bat - Page: 68
Large Yellow House Bat - Page: 68
Giant Yellow House Bat - Page: 68
Schlieffen s bat - Page: 68
Light-winged Lesser House Bat - Page: 68
Lesser Woolly Bat - Page: 70
Madagascan large free-tailed bat - Page: 70
Damara Woolly Bat - Page: 70
Egyptian Free-tailed Bat - Page: 70
Natal Free-tailed Bat - Page: 70
Large-eared Free-tailed Bat - Page: 70
Ansorge s Free-tailed Bat - Page: 70
Spotted Free-tailed Bat - Page: 70
Roberts s flat-headed bat - Page: 70
Pale Free-tailed Bat - Page: 70
Angola Free-tailed Bat - Page: 70
African Giant Free-tailed Bat - Page: 72
Nigerian Free-tailed Bat - Page: 72
Big-eared Free-tailed Bat - Page: 72
Little Free-tailed Bat - Page: 72
Midas Free-tailed Bat - Page: 72
Chacma Baboon - Page: 74
Vervet Monkey - Page: 76
Thick-tailed Bushbaby - Page: 78
Samango Monkey - Page: 78
Lesser Bushbaby - Page: 80
Pangolin - Page: 82
Scrub Hare - Page: 82
Cape Hare - Page: 82
Jameson s Red Rock Rabbit - Page: 84
Smith s Red Rock Rabbit - Page: 84
Natal Red Rock Rabbit - Page: 84
Riverine Rabbit - Page: 86
Ground Squirrel - Page: 86
Red Squirrel - Page: 88
Mountain Ground Squirrel - Page: 88
Sun Squirrel - Page: 88
Tree Squirrel - Page: 90
Striped Tree Squirrel - Page: 90
Grey Squirrel - Page: 90
Spectacled Dormouse - Page: 92
Lesser Savanna Dormouse - Page: 92
Rock Dormouse - Page: 92
Woodland Dormouse - Page: 92
Cape Molerat - Page: 94
Cape Dune Molerat - Page: 94
Common Molerat - Page: 94
Springhare - Page: 94
Namaqua Molerat - Page: 94
Cape Porcupine - Page: 96
Greater Cane Rat - Page: 98
Dassie Rat - Page: 98
Pouched Mouse - Page: 100
White-tailed Rat - Page: 100
Woosnam s broad-headed mouse - Page: 100
Giant Rat - Page: 102
Kreb s Fat Mouse - Page: 102
Fat Mouse - Page: 102
Tiny Fat Mouse - Page: 102
Cape Short-eared Gerbil - Page: 104
Nyika climbing mouse - Page: 104
Long-eared Mouse - Page: 104
Brant s Climbing Mouse - Page: 104
Grey Climbing Mouse - Page: 104
Chestnut Climbing Mouse - Page: 104
Cape Gerbil - Page: 106
Hairy-footed Gerbil - Page: 106
Bushveld Gerbil - Page: 106
Highveld gerbil - Page: 106
Bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil - Page: 106
Setzer s Hairy-footed Gerbil - Page: 106
Gorongoza Gerbil - Page: 106
Dune Hairy-footed Gerbil - Page: 106
Spiny Mouse - Page: 108
Grant s rock rat - Page: 108
Namaqua Rock Mouse - Page: 108
Cape Spiny Mouse - Page: 108
Red rock rat - Page: 108
African Marsh Rat - Page: 110
Four-striped Grass Mouse - Page: 110
Single-striped Grass Mouse - Page: 110
House Mouse - Page: 112
Pygmy Mouse - Page: 112
Desert pygmy mouse - Page: 112
Thomas s Pygmy Mouse - Page: 112
Grey-bellied Pygmy Mouse - Page: 112
Setzer s Pygmy Mouse - Page: 112
Tree Rat - Page: 114
Black-tailed Tree Rat - Page: 114
Grooved-toothed Rat - Page: 114
Mozambique Thicket Rat - Page: 114
Woodland Thicket Rat - Page: 114
House Rat - Page: 116
Shortridge s rat - Page: 116
Southern Multimammate Mouse - Page: 116
Multimammate Mouse - Page: 116
Verreaux s Mouse - Page: 116
Brown Rat - Page: 116
Brants Whistling Rat - Page: 118
Ice Rat - Page: 118
Laminate Vlei Rat - Page: 118
Angoni Vlei Rat - Page: 118
Saunder s Vlei Rat - Page: 118
Littledale s Whistling Rat - Page: 118
Bush vlei rat - Page: 118
Vlei Rat - Page: 118
Pygmy rock mouse - Page: 120
Cape Fox - Page: 122
Bat-eared Fox - Page: 122
Black-backed Jackal - Page: 124
Side-striped Jackal - Page: 124
Wild Dog - Page: 126
Spotted-necked Otter - Page: 128
Cape Clawless Otter - Page: 128
Honey Badger - Page: 130
Striped Weasel - Page: 130
Striped Polecat - Page: 132
Banded Mongoose - Page: 132
Bushy-tailed Mongoose - Page: 134
Selous s Mongoose - Page: 134
Meller s Mongoose - Page: 134
Large Grey Mongoose - Page: 136
Small Grey Mongoose - Page: 136
Water Mongoose - Page: 138
Slender Mongoose - Page: 138
Dwarf Mongoose - Page: 140
White-tailed Mongoose - Page: 140
Suricate - Page: 142
Yellow Mongoose - Page: 142
Large-spotted Genet - Page: 144
Lesser Spotted Genet - Page: 144
Civet - Page: 146
Tree Civet - Page: 146
Spotted Hyena - Page: 148
Brown Hyena - Page: 148
Aardwolf - Page: 150
Black-footed Cat - Page: 152
African Wild Cat - Page: 152
Serval - Page: 154
Caracal - Page: 154
Cheetah - Page: 156
Lion - Page: 158
Leopard - Page: 160
Aardvark - Page: 162
African Elephant - Page: 164
Rock Hyrax - Page: 166
Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax - Page: 166
Kaokoveld Rock Dassie - Page: 166
Tree Hyrax - Page: 168
Hartmann s Mountain Zebra - Page: 170
Burchell s Zebra - Page: 170
Cape Mountain Zebra - Page: 170
Black Rhino - Page: 172
White Rhino - Page: 174
Bush Pig - Page: 176
Warthog - Page: 176
Hippopotamus - Page: 178
Giraffe - Page: 180
Cape Buffalo - Page: 182
Eland - Page: 184
Kudu - Page: 186
Nyala - Page: 188
Sitatunga - Page: 190
Bushbuck - Page: 190
Roan Antelope - Page: 192
Sable Antelope - Page: 194
Waterbuck - Page: 196
Gemsbok - Page: 196
Red Lechwe - Page: 198
Puku - Page: 198
Mountain Reedbuck - Page: 200
Common Reedbuck - Page: 200
Grey Rhebuck - Page: 202
Black Wildebeest - Page: 202
Blue Wildebeest - Page: 204
Red Hartebeest - Page: 206
Lichtenstein s Hartebeest - Page: 206
Bontebok - Page: 208
Blesbok - Page: 208
Impala - Page: 210
Tsessebe - Page: 210
Damara Dik-Dik - Page: 212
Springbok - Page: 212
Suni - Page: 214
Klipspringer - Page: 214
Steenbok - Page: 216
Oribi - Page: 216
Cape Grysbok - Page: 218
Sharpe s Grysbok - Page: 218
Red Duiker - Page: 220
Blue Duiker - Page: 220
Common Duiker - Page: 222
Himalayan Tahr - Page: 222
European Fallow Deer - Page: 222
Bryde s Whale - Page: 224
Common Minke Whale - Page: 224
Sei Whale - Page: 224
Humpback Whale - Page: 226
Fin Whale - Page: 226
Blue Whale - Page: 226
Southern Right Whale - Page: 228
Pygmy Right Whale - Page: 228
Southern Bottlenose Whale - Page: 230
Arnoux s Beaked Whale - Page: 230
Cuvier s Beaked Whale - Page: 230
Blainville s Beaked Whale - Page: 232
True s Beaked Whale - Page: 232
Gray s Beaked Whale - Page: 232
Hector s Beaked Whale - Page: 232
Dwarf Sperm Whale - Page: 234
Sperm Whale - Page: 234
Pygmy Sperm Whale - Page: 234
Killer Whale - Page: 236
Southern Right Whale Dolphin - Page: 236
False Killer Whale - Page: 238
Pygmy Killer Whale - Page: 238
Melon-headed Whale - Page: 240
Short-finned Pilot Whale - Page: 240
Risso s Dolphin - Page: 242
Heaviside s Dolphin - Page: 242
Dusky Dolphin - Page: 244
Indian Humpback Dolphin - Page: 244
Fraser s Dolphin - Page: 244
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin - Page: 246
Striped Dolphin - Page: 246
Spinner Dolphin - Page: 246
Common Dolphin - Page: 248
Bottlenosed Dolphin - Page: 248
Rough-toothed Dolphin - Page: 248
Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin - Page: 248
Dugong - Page: 250
Cape Fur Seal - Page: 250
Southern Elephant Seal - Page: 252
Subantarctic Fur Seal - Page: 252
Crabeater Seal - Page: 254
Leopard Seal - Page: 254

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