SERIES EDITORS Jonathan Kingdon Department of Zoology, University of Oxford Jonathan Kingdon was born in Tanzania and has spent much of his life in Africa. Over the course of a long career he has achieved acclaim as both a leading academic and a prominent artist. Professor Kingdon is also the author of The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals and The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals. David C. D. Happold Research School of Biology, Australian National University David Happold has held academic positions at the University of Khartoum (Sudan), University of Ibadan (Nigeria), University of Malawi, and The Australian National University. Thomas M. Butynski Zoological Society of London/King Khalid Wildlife Research Centre Tom Butynski is a conservationist and ecologist who has worked in Africa for 35 years, mostly in Botswana, Kenya, Uganda and Equatorial Guinea.
Michael Hoffmann International Union for Conservation of Nature – Species Survival Commission Mike Hoffmann trained as a mammalogist at the University of Pretoria, South Africa and the University of Oxford, UK. He has since moved into the field of international biodiversity conservation. Meredith Happold Research School of Biology, Australian National University Meredith Happold spent several years studying bats in Nigeria. Since 1977 she has held a Visiting Fellowship at the Australian National University and her research has focused on African bats. Jan Kalina Soita Nyiro Conservancy, Kenya Jan Kalina is a conservation biologist. Her work with mammals began at Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo in New York and at Colorado State University. She is currently joint-owner of Soita Nyiro Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya.
Volume IV: Hedgehogs, Shrews and Bats Edited by Meredith Happold and David Happold 800pp Profiles of 156 species of insectivores, comprising the hedgehogs and shrews. The rest of the volume is devoted to the 224 species of African bats. The latter are divided into nine families, namely fruit bats, horseshoe bats, leaf-nosed bats, false vampire bats, mousetailed bats, sheath-tailed bats, slit-faced bats, free-tailed bats and vesper bats.
Volume V: Carnivores, Pangolins, Equids and Rhinoceroses Edited by Jonathan Kingdon and Michael Hoffmann 560pp Comprises 83 species of carnivores, and includes jackals, wolves, dogs, foxes, weasels, polecats, striped weasels, Zorilla, otters, Ratel, fur seals, monk seals, Palm Civet, cats, genets, linsangs, African Civet, hyaenas, Aardwolf and mongooses. The volume is completed with profiles of four pangolins, four zebras and two rhinoceroses.
Volume VI: Pigs, Hippopotamuses, Chevrotain, Giraffes, Deer and Bovids Edited by Jonathan Kingdon and Michael Hoffmann 704pp Comprises a single order, currently subdivided into three suborders, containing the pigs, hippopotamuses, chevrotains, Giraffe, Okapi, deer, buffalos, spiral-horned antelopes, dwarf antelopes, duikers, grysboks, Beira, dik-diks, gazelles, Klipspringer, Oribi, reduncines, Impala, alcelaphines, horse-like antelopes, sheep and goats; the volume contains 98 species profiles.
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