Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xii
4. I: Present-Day Mammals of Africa 1
5. II: Africa: The Physical Setting 17
6. III: Mesozoic Mammals 46
7. IV: Insectivora and Chiroptera 56
8. V: Rodentia and Lagomorpha 69
9. VI: Prosimian primates 90
10. VII: Cercopithecidae and Parapithecidae 100
11. VIII: Cenozoic Apes 120
12. IX: Ramapithecus (Hominidae, Hominoidea) 147
13. X: Hominidae 154
14. XI: Carnivora 249
15. XII: Pholidota and Tubulidentata 268
16. XIII: Embrithropoda 279
17. XIV: Hyracoidea 284
18. Deinotherioidea and Barytherioidea 315
19. XVI: Moeritherioidea 333
20. XVII: Proboscidea 336
21. XVIII: Chalicotheriidae 368
22. IXX: Rhinocerotidae 371
23. XX: Equidae 379
24. XXI: Anthracotheriidae 423
25. Suidae and Tayassuidae 435
26. XXIII: Hippopotamidae 483
27. XXIV: Cervidae and Palaeomerycidae 496
28. XXV: Giraffidae 509
29. XXVI: Tragulidae and Camelidae 536
30. XXVII: Bovidae 540
31. XXVIII: Sirenia 573
32. XXIX: Cetacea 582
33. XXX: Patterns of Faunal Evolution 603