Behaviour Guide to African Herbivores

Our Advanced Animal Behaviour Courses were written by the world-renowned ethologist, Professor Richard Estes. These are the most comprehensive courses of their kind.  Featuring line drawings, photographs, tables, graphs, references and assessment questions. This is everything you ever wanted to know about the behaviour, biology and ecology of African carnivores, herbivores and primates. Should you wish to buy the entire series, you'll be entitled to a further 25 % discount, please enquire before you purchase.

Module # 1 - Introduction to Ethology

Component # 1 - Social and Mating Systems

Component # 2 - Observing African Animals

Component # 3 - Understanding Animal Behaviour

Module # 2 - Intro to Antelopes and Ruminants

Component # 1 - Introduction to Ruminants

Component # 2 - Introduction to Antelopes & Buffalo

Component # 3 - Antelope Visual Displays

Module # 3 - Small Antelopes

Component # 1 - Tribe Cephalophini

Component # 2 - Blue & Maxwell’s duikers

Component # 3 - Gray, Bush or Common Duiker

Component # 4 - Tribe Neotragini

Component # 5 - Steenbok

Component # 6 - Kirk’s Dik-dik

Component # 7 - Klipspringer

Component # 8 - Oribi

Module # 4 - Medium-sized Antelopes

Component # 1 - Tribe Antilopini

Component # 2 - Thompson’s gazelle

Component # 3 - Grant’s gazelle

Component # 4 - Springbok

Component # 5 - Gerenuk

Component # 6 - Tribe Reduncini

Component # 7 - Reedbucks

Component # 8 - Kob / Puku

Component # 9 - Lechwe

Component # 10 - Waterbuck

Component # 11 - Vaal or Gray Rhebok

Component # 12 - Impala

Module # 5 - Large Antelopes

Component # 1 - Tribe Hippotragini

Component # 2 - Roan antelope

Component # 3 - Sable antelope

Component # 4 - Oryx or Gemsbok

Component # 5 - Tribe Alcelaphini

Component # 6 - Hartebeest

Component # 7 - Topi and Tsessebe

Component # 8 - Blesbok and Bontebok

Component # 9 - Common / Blue Wildebeest

Component # 10 - Black Wildebeest

Component # 11 - Tribe Tragelaphini

Component # 12 - Bushbuck

Component # 13 - Sitatunga

Component # 14 - Nyala

Component # 15 - Lesser Kudu

Component # 16 - Greater Kudu

Component # 17 - Bongo

Component # 18 - Eland

Module # 6 - Other Ruminants

Component # 1 - Tribe Bovini

Component # 2 - Buffalo

Component # 3 - Family Giraffidae

Component # 4 - Giraffe

Module # 7 - Even-toed Non - ruminants

Component # 1 - Family Suidae

Component # 2 - Bushpig

Component # 3 - Giant Forest Hog

Component # 4 - Warthog

Component # 5 - Hippopotamus

Module # 8 - Odd-toed Non - ruminants

Component # 1 - Black Rhinoceros

Component # 2 - White Rhinoceros

Component # 3 - Family Equidae

Component # 4 - Grevy’s Zebra

Component # 5 - Plains or Burchell’s Zebra

Component # 6 - Mountain Zebra

Module # 9 - Near Ungulates

Component # 1 - Family Procaviidae

Component # 2 - Rock and Bush Hyraxes

Component # 3 - Tree Hyrax

Component # 4 - African Elephant