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This is a fully revised edition of the Stuart's best-selling field guide to southern Africa's extraordinary wealth of mammal species – from tiny shrews to the iconic Big Five, and including those that live in the sea. Clear, detailed text, distribution maps and color photographs enable quick identification, and there's information on diet, habitat, habits, and silhouettes of tracks and skulls.This new edition brings all information up to date, along with revised distribution data and many new photographs. Its coverage is expanded to include Angola, Zambia, Malawi and northern Mozambique.

Southern Africa has a wealth of mammal fauna, and is home to about 530 species, including tiny shrews, intriguing pangolins and majestic whales. All the species that occur in the region are featured in this updated sixth edition of Stuarts' Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa. This comprehensive guide features: Fully updated text based on the most recent research and taxonomy.

Detailed species accounts describing key identification characteristics, behaviour, habitat, diet, reproduction and longevity. Visual identification tools, including full-colour photographs, spoor and size icons, and skull photographs. Up-to-date distribution mapsshowing the geographical range of each species within the region.

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