A Photographic Guide to Tracks and Tracking in Southern Africa

by Louis Liebenberg

All groups of land animals are presented, including frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals. A special feature is also devoted to insects. Illustrated throughout with photographs of the animal together with diagnostic hand-drawings of the spoor and, in some cases, photographs of droppings and other signs to enable easy identification in the field. The accompanying text describes important features of the animal concerned and its spoor, and provides relevant information on its behaviour, habits and habitat. Where useful, a distribution map has been included with each description to show where in southern Africa the animal occurs.

Paperback

First published April 10, 2001

About the author

Louis Liebenberg is Co-Founder and Executive Director of CyberTracker and The Tracker Institute. He is an Associate of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He is the author of The Origin of Science: On the Evolutionary Roots of Science and its Implications for Self-Education and Citizen Science (2013), The Art of Tracking: The Origin of Science (1990) and A Field Guide to the Animal Tracks of Southern Africa (1990).

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent little book. It includes the spoors and visual descriptions of a variety of wildlife - from the miniatures such as beetles and termites, all the way up to the giants such as elephants and hippos. It even includes one of my favourite animals, the African wild dog.

I'll definitely be taking this pocket-sized tracking book to South Africa later this year.