Mammals of Tanzania
Photo of cheetah in the Serengeti by Sara&Joachim on Flickr
List of mammals in Tanzania (Wikipedia)
- Elephant butchery in Tanzania an open secret – 31,000 elephants killed on the Selous National Park
- Scientists Discover New Species of Giant Elephant-Shrew in Tanzania
- Man eating on the increase in African lions
- Bushmeat hunting in Tanzania Bushmeat hunting constitutes the most immediate threat to wildlife populations in the Udzungwa Mountains of the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot in Tanzania.
- Massive bat species returns from the brink of extinction Down from a handful of individuals in 1989, the Pemba flying fox population on the island of Pemba, off the coast of Tanzania, now stands at more than 22,000.
- Wildlife Extra News – Scientists Discover New Species of Giant Elephant-Shrew in Tanzania Related to sea cows and elephants, it lives in the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania and is the largest elephant-shrew yet discovered.
Elephants may explain Mount Kilimanjaro’s bamboo enigma
At nearly 6,000 meters in height, Mount Kilimanjaro is both Africa’s tallest mountain and the world’s highest solitary peak, home to a diverse range of habitats that support a large variety of plant species. Yet, unlike any other mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro contains no bamboo.
Scientists have pondered Mount Kilimanjaro’s missing bamboo for over a century. Some have come to the conclusion that it is a result of dry conditions, but Dr. Andreas Hemp believes he has found another explanation. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) in Paramaribo, Suriname, Hemp said that Mount Kilimanjaro had similar rainfall to other tall East African mountains and that the mystery of the missing bamboo is due to a long interplay between elephant and human populations.
Africa’s rarest carnivore spotted in Tanzania
Africa’s rarest carnivore, Jackson’s mongoose, was spotted in the mountains of remote southern Tanzania by researchers with the Wildlife conservation Society (WCS). Until now the species has been only known from a few observations and museum specimens.
New monkey discovered in Tanzania
Africa’s first new species of monkey for over 20 years has been discovered in remote mountains in the southern Tanzania. The Highland Mangabey was first discovered by biologists from the Wildlife conservation Society (WCS) in a remote highland forest.
Recommended guide books on Tanzanian mammals
The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals – the famous classic identification guide to African mammals
The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals is the standard identification guide to all African land mammals. This new pocket guide is an adaptation of the original into a standard field-guide format. The greatly condensed text focuses on essential information such as identification and distribution, while the author’s superb illustrations have been rearranged into an easy-to-use plate format and placed opposite the text. Complex and more obscure groups like the bats and certain rodent families are summarised by genera. This is a practical, lightweight guide, ideal for use in the field and more suitable than the original for the lay person and tourist on safari. “Excellent, comprehensive field guide so you can tell your puku from your lechwe.” BBC Wildlife
Tanzania: with Zanzibar, Pemba & Mafia (Bradt Travel Guide) The best guide to wildlife watching in Tanzania. Wonderfully opinionated.
Equally excellent by the same author homing in on the safari route is Northern Tanzania: The Bradt Safari Guide with Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar (Bradt Travel Guide) (Actually this is the one I possess)
Traveller’s Guide – Wildlife of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
The perfect companion for the safari enthusiast, this complete traveller’s guide to the wildlife of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda features 475 species of bird, mammal, snake, lizard, insect and tree. A must-have for all those considering a trip to the game reserves of this highly popular region. This series is designed to give visitors to far-away places a handy identification guide to the wildlife they might see as they travel around. Written and illustrated by wildlife experts who have been leading safaris in the region for over 20 years, each species is illustrated with a full-colour photograph and features a full species description. It includes information on wildlife photography such as the best type of camera, film and lenses to use, information on techniques and codes of conduct.
