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Academic & Professional Books  Mammals  Insectivores to Ungulates  Carnivores  Civets & Mongooses (Viverridae - Herpestidae)

Mongooses of the World

By: Andrew Jennings(Author), Géraldine Veron(Author)
150 pages, 130 colour photos, 10 colour illustrations, 35 colour distribution maps
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This thorough overview is the first book in half a century dedicated entirely to mongooses, providing up-to-date information for all 34 species.
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Mongooses are a remarkable and fascinating group of small carnivores, with 25 species occurring in Africa and nine in Asia. They live within a wide variety of habitats, from open savannah to dense rainforest, and display an amazing diversity in social behaviour, with both solitary and group-living species. Yet this family is one of the least-known group of carnivores.

The general lack of public awareness about most mongoose species, and the scarce ecological knowledge of what they need to survive in the wild, are two of the many conservation threats that this group of carnivores faces, which highlights the urgent need to promote an interest in these amazing animals. As well as popularising mongooses, Mongooses of the World will be a valuable source of information on general scientific and conservation topics, such as social behaviour and how the loss of suitable habitats impacts animal species.

Recent cinematic films and TV documentaries on meerkats and banded mongooses have been very popular, but people are much less familiar with the other mongoose species that live across Africa and Asia most of these are rarely seen in the wild and are very poorly known, and several have not been studied in the field. One African mongoose was only discovered by western scientists in 1958, and several others are only known from a few museum specimens and recent observations in the wild.

This well-researched, lavishly illustrated book will give a comprehensive overview of the whole mongoose family, including all the different aspects of mongoose biology, their role in human society and the conservation issues that they face, as well as detailed information on all 34 mongoose species.

- The first book for over 50 years entirely devoted to all mongooses
- Provides a comprehensive and thorough overview
- Describes the most up-to-date and scientifically-sound information about all 34 mongoose species
- Highlights the current conservation status of each mongoose species, and describes the threats that they face
- Describes the role that mongooses have played in human culture, mythology and folklore

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Biography

Dr. Andy Jennings and Professor Géraldine Veron have devoted their careers to studying the ecology, evolution and conservation of small carnivores, especially mongoose and civet species in Asia and Africa. They are both members of the IUCN/SCC Small Carnivore Specialist Group, and have helped assess the conservation status of many Asian small carnivores. Together they completed the first radio-telemetry project on the short-tailed mongoose in Southeast Asia, and have published several scientific papers, articles and books on mongooses and other carnivores.

By: Andrew Jennings(Author), Géraldine Veron(Author)
150 pages, 130 colour photos, 10 colour illustrations, 35 colour distribution maps
NHBS
This thorough overview is the first book in half a century dedicated entirely to mongooses, providing up-to-date information for all 34 species.
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