This new, larger format edition of the best-selling and well known The Wildlife of Southern Africa—a field guide to the animals and plants of the region is designed to provide an even more user-friendly manual, with larger text and bigger, clearer images. Fully updated with the latest taxonomy and common names, it features over 2 000 carefully selected plants and animals, large and small, that are likely to be encountered during a visit to any part of Southern Africa. More than 1 200 species are vividly illustrated and many more are identifiable from the text through reference to similar species.