Richard Despard Estes

Richard Despard Estes (December 26, 1927 - December 6, 2021) was a

World Conservation Union, to dub him the 'Guru of Gnu.'^[1] It has been suggested that Estes is responsible for most of the world's knowledge of wildebeest behaviour.^[2]^[3]

Estes chose to study wildebeest because he thought they were 'the most interesting' animals he knew, particularly in their

molecular chemistry

.

Estes has written two guides for travellers to Africa, The Behavior Guide to African Mammals (considered the standard reference of its kind) and The Safari Companion.

Estes lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire.^[4]

Bibliography

The Behavior Guide to African Mammals: Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates, University of California Press, 1991
National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife (with Peter C. Alden, Duane Schlitter and Bunny McBride), Knopf
, 1995

The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, and Primates,
Chelsea Green Publishing Company
, 1999

Notes and references

^ Boroughs, Don (February 1, 2005). "The Guru of Gnu". National Wildlife Federation. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012.
^ Don Boroughs, 'Guru of the Gnus,' BBC Wildlife magazine, July 2004.
^ "Richard Despard Estes". Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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