Behaviour Guide to

African Carnivores

Course type: Online Course What do I receive when graduating this course? An industry recognised certificate. Course duration: Average 3 - 6 months. There are no deadlines, you may complete courses at your own pace.

How to get started?

1. Register for an online course: click here 2. Purchase this course in the online shop: click here (or email us for an invoice)

Our Advanced Animal Behaviour Courses were written by the world-renowned ethologist, Professor Richard Estes. These are the most comprehensive courses of their kind. Featuring line drawings, photographs, tables, graphs, references and assessment questions. This is everything you ever wanted to know about the behaviour, biology and ecology of African carnivores, herbivores and primates. Should you wish to buy the entire series, you will be entitled to a further 25 % discount, please enquire before you purchase.

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Module # 1 - Introduction to Carnivores

Component # 1 - Introduction to Carnivores

Module # 2 - Genets, Civets, Mongooses

Component # 1 - Family Viverridae Component # 2 - Genets Component # 3 - African Civet Component # 4 - Palm Civet Component # 5 - Slender Mongoose Component # 6 - Ichneumon, Grey Mongoose Component # 7 - White-Tailed Mongoose Component # 8 - Marsh Mongoose Component # 9 - Yellow Mongoose Component # 10 - Dwarf Mongoose Component # 11 - Banded Mongoose Component # 12 - Suricate or Meerkat

Module # 3 - Hyaenas and Aardwolf

Component # 1 - Family Hyaenidae Component # 2 - Striped Hyaena Component # 3 - Brown Hyaena Component # 4 - Spotted Hyaena Component # 5 - Aardwolf

Module # 4 - Cats

Component # 1 - Family Felidae Component # 2 - African Wildcat Component # 3 - Blackfooted / Small Spotted Cat Component # 4 - Serval Component # 5 - Caracal Component # 6 - Leopard Component # 7 - Lion Component # 8 - Cheetah

Module # 5 - Foxes, Jackals and Dogs

Component # 1 - Family Canidae Component # 2 - Bat-Eared Fox Component # 3 - Golden Jackals Component # 4 - Black-Backed Jackal Component # 5 - Side-Striped Jackal Component # 6 - Wild Dog or Cape Hunting Dog

Module # 6 - Weasels, Otters, Zorilla and Ratel

Component # 1 - Family Mustelidae Component # 2- Striped or White-Naped Weasel Component # 3 - Zorilla or Striped Polecat Component # 4 - Ratel or Honey Badger Component # 5 - Spotted-Necked Otter Component # 6 - Clawless Otter

Delivery and assessment of ONLINE courses

All course content is available online but may also be downloaded in PDF format (and easily printed) so you don’t have to be online to study.

All assessment is delivered entirely online and is automated. The assessment which we’ve called “take the test” (top right in each component) consists of between 10 and 30 true/false and multiple-choice questions. There is one test for each of the components of a course. Students may attempt these tests as many times as required until they have achieved the passing mark. Once a test is passed, it cannot be taken again.