The mammal guide of southern Africa, B. Cillié : book review

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Extracted from text ... Book review - Boekresensie The mammal guide of southern Africa B Cilli? 1997. Briza Publications, Arcadia, Pretoria, 223 pp., paperback. Price not stated. ISBN 1 875093 10 9. This is an attractive, well-designed, lavishly illustrated, user-friendly field guide to virtually all of the larger mammals (down to the size of a bushbaby) that visitors to southern African conservation areas are likely to encounter. Two pages are devoted to each species. The lefthand page contains a description of the animal and a brief account of its habitat, habits, vocalisation and breeding. Relative size (compared to a human), mass, horn or ..