Portraits in the Wild; Behavior Studies of East African Mammals

1977 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
Wendell G. Swank ◽  
Cynthia Moss
Keyword(s):  
East African ◽  
African Mammals ◽  
In The Wild

A Guide to Post-Cranial Bones of East African Mammals

1987 ◽  
Vol 42 (146) ◽  
pp. 183
Author(s):  
Alan Turner ◽  
R. Walker
Keyword(s):  
East African ◽  
African Mammals

Weights of some East African mammals

1963 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. P. Ledger
Keyword(s):  
East African ◽  
African Mammals

Disarticulation patterns of some modern East African mammals

Paleobiology ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 366-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Hill ◽  
Anna K. Behrensmeyer
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Tropical Savanna ◽  
East African ◽  
African Mammals ◽  
Taxonomic Categories

The sequences of skeletal disarticulation in a broad range of African mammals in a tropical savanna environment suggest that in general the process is very consistent. There is some variation among species, but this cannot yet be convincingly related to higher taxonomic categories or to body size. Disarticulation begins shortly after death, proceeds more or less continuously, and is almost complete after 5 yr. Because of the overall predictability of disarticulation, the stage of disarticulation reached by comparable fossil skeletons provides useful information about their taphonomic history prior to burial.

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