31 May 2023

Request for (killer) photos for Habitats of Africa book

Dear Mammal Photographers,

We are busy finishing up text for a book called Habitats of Africa to be published by Princeton University Press next year hopefully. We are planning to illustrate it with great images and I am a little bored with seeing photos of buffaloes and lions in books like this and would love to feature more of the unusual critters of Africa to make the book a whole lot more interesting. I have given a wishlist of mammalian whack jobs (below). I am looking for pretty good publication quality pics rather than record shots. If any of you have any of these we can offer credit for both the photographer and their institution (next to the image) in addition to a very modest payment – we have a budget that will be divided amongst contributors. If you have something below that you think works, please write to me at keith@tropicalbirding.com

Cheers

Keith

 

Pangolins. I would go with any pangolin (Giant, Long-tailed, White-bellied and Ground)

Mandrill

Aye-aye

Pygmy Chimp  (Bonobo)

DeBrazza’s Monkey

Wolf’s Monkey,

Golden Monkey

Gelada Baboon

Potto

Hammer Bat

Giant Otter Shrew

Cape Golden Mole

Any Sengi doing something cool

Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew

Riverine Rabbit

Lord Derby’s Anomalure

Springhare

Any Gundi /Pectinator

Molerats

Maned ‘Crested’ Rat

Large-eared Mouse

Ethiopian Wolf

Fennec

Ruppell’s Fox

Pale Fox

Wild Dog

Zorilla

Striped Weasel

Saharan Striped Weasel

Honey Badger

Striped Hyena

Brown Hyena

Aardwolf

Black-footed Cat

Sand Cat

Caracal

Golden Cat

Aardvark

Pygmy Hippopotamus

Red River Hog

Bongo

Mountain Nyala

Darby’s Eland

Dama Gazelle

Dibitag

Gerenuk

Scimitar-horned Oryx

Addax

Nubian Ibex

Fossa

Lowland Gorilla

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Keith Barnes – Enigmatic Wildlife Tours

I have been a nature tour operator for 25 years, although we cut our teeth on birding tours, my interests extend from small mammals to salamanders and even cool insects. My new baby is Enigmatic Wildlife tours, where we target things that folks imagine they would only ever see on a BBC wildlife documentary. Whether that be the jerboas of Mongolia, the chameleons of Madagascar or the rain-frogs of the southern African deserts, we seek as much specialist wildlife on these tours as possible. Also, we are pretty good at looking for marquee mammals as we do so. Check out https://www.enigmaticwildlife.com/ for more information. 

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