A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Tanzania (WILDGuides Book 90)

Home to the Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania offers some of the finest big game watching in the world, from elephants and rhinos to chimpanzees and lions. This field guide covers all the larger mammals of Tanzania, including marine mammals and some newly discovered species. Detailed accounts are provided for more than 135 species, along with color photos, color illustrations of marine mammals, and distribution maps. Accounts for land species give information on identification, subspecies, similar species, ecology, behavior, distribution, conservation status, and where best to see each species. The guide also features plates with side-by-side photographic comparisons of species that are easily confused, as well as first-time-ever species checklists for every national park. * The definitive, most up-to-date field guide to the larger mammals of Tanzania, including marine mammals * Features detailed species accounts and numerous color photos throughout * Provides tips on where to see each species * Includes species checklists for every national park Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Conservation in Tanzania How to use this book Watching mammals in Tanzania Tanzania’s major vegetation types Overview of mammalian families included in the book THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS AARDVARK: Tubulidentata ELEPHANT-SHREWS: Macroscelidea HYRAXES: Hyracoidea ELEPHANT: Proboscidea PRIMATES: Primates RODENTS: Rodentia HARES AND RABBITS: Lagomorpha HEDGEHOGS: Erinaceomorpha PANGOLINS: Pholidota CARNIVORES: Carnivora ODD-TOED UNGULATES: Perissodactyla EVEN-TOED UNGULATES: Artiodactyla DUGONG: Sirenia CETACEANS: Cetacea CARNIVORES: Carnivora National Parks and major protected areas of Tanzania Glossary Photographic credits Recommended further reading and references Index