Bovids of the World Antelopes, Gazelles, Cattle, Goats, Sheep, and Relatives

Field / Identification Guide

Series: Princeton Field Guides Series

By: José R Castelló(Author), Brent Huffman(Foreword By), Colin P Groves(Foreword By)

664 pages, 337 plates with 1500+ colour photos; 313 b/w distribution maps

Publisher: Princeton University Press

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ISBN: 9780691167176 Paperback Mar 2016 In stock
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Bovids are a diverse group of ruminant mammals that have hooves and unbranched hollow horns. Bovids of the World is the first comprehensive field guide to cover all 279 bovid species, including antelopes, gazelles, cattle, buffaloes, sheep, and goats. From the hartebeest of Africa and the takin of Asia to the muskox of North America, bovids are among the world's most spectacular animals and this stunningly illustrated and easy-to-use field guide is an ideal way to learn more about them.

Bovids of the World covers all species and subspecies of bovids described to date. It features more than 300 superb full-color plates depicting every kind of bovid, as well as detailed facing-page species accounts that describe key identification features, horn morphology, distribution, subspeciation, habitat, and conservation status in the wild. This book also shows where to observe each species and includes helpful distribution maps.

Suitable for anyone with an interest in natural history, Bovids of the World is a remarkable and attractive reference, showcasing the range and beauty of these important mammals.

Foreword by Brent Huffman and Colin Groves 5
Acknowledgements 7
Introduction 8

Tribe Aepycerotini
   Impalas 24
Tribe Neotragini
   Sunis, Royal Antelope, Pygmy Antelope 28
Tribe Reduncini
   Reedbucks, Waterbucks, Rhebok 38
Tribe Antilopini
   Gazelles, Oribis, Steenbok, Grysbok, Dik-diks 82
Tribe Oreotragini
   Klipspringers 224
Tribe Cephalophini
   Duikers 244
Tribe Caprini
   Sheep, Goats, and relatives 302
Tribe Hippotragini
   Horse Antelopes 466
Tribe Alcelaphini
   Tsessebes, Topis, Hartebeests, Wildebeests 496
Tribe Boselaphini
   Nilgai, Four-horned Antelope 542
Tribe Tragelaphini
   Spiral-horned Antelopes 546
Tribe Bovini
   Bison, Buffaloes, Cattle, Saola 596
Skulls 650

References 659
Index 660

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Superb
By Graham 19 Mar 2016 Written for Paperback

An absolutely magnificent guide to a beautiful collection of animals!

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wonderful book
By M 27 Nov 2017 Written for Paperback

Research taxonomy is a dedicated time-consuming occupation with much collaboration with other interested people. In the 1970's I was fortunate to collaborate with Dr J. Pringle taxonomic botanist at The Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton Canada and illustrator the late Rosemary Smith at The Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh to publish the monograph Gentians. Still regarded as one of the standard works on the genus. All the correspondence came by post! Always fascinated by natural history books, I can barely imagine the amount of work to publish Bovids of the World by J. Castelló.

My joy at finding it on the wonderful NHBS web site had had far reaching consequences for much of my other research and passion to find the true origin of the many and varied myths about the origin of the unicorn.
I am saddened by the current trend in depicting the unicorn. In most images of the past, it had cloven hooves and only became a horse with the introduction of the medieval armour. George Stubbs gave us The Anatomy of the Horse , not a horn to be found. The small black profile of each species should be studied and the diversity of the horns understood.

The depth of research is amazing, and depressing status of many due to our lack of care for these beautiful creatures may reduce them to the mythology of extinct species. I have shown the book to many children to understand the science of classification, the vulnerability of the animals and not to just accept what is presented to them but to question how we interact with the natural world. To quote from Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants by Armen Takhajan. Conquist....'complete objectivity in taxonomy or any other complex subject is an unattainable will-o'-the wisp'..... but we should always strive.

Bovids is a superb example of the care taken with taxonomy to publish a book adding to our understanding of just a small part of our precious planet.

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Biography

José R. Castelló is a medical doctor with a particular interest in zoology and biology. He is a member of the American Society of Mammalogists and the Spanish Society for Conservation and Study of Mammals. He lives in Madrid.

Field / Identification Guide

Series: Princeton Field Guides Series

By: José R Castelló(Author), Brent Huffman(Foreword By), Colin P Groves(Foreword By)

664 pages, 337 plates with 1500+ colour photos; 313 b/w distribution maps

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Media reviews

"This is a very good field guide, with excellent illustrations."
– Don E. Wilson, curator emeritus, Smithsonian Institution

"Timely, superb, and grounded in thorough research, this book displays the real diversity of the bovid species – in all its complexity and splendor."
– Fenton P. D. Cotterill, Stellenbosch University