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The great variety of African ungulates, and other mammals, is doubtless related to the almost infinite diversity of habitats on this continent. In turn, the variety of habitats is linked to the fact that Africa extends over about 60° latitude, almost equally far north as south of the equator, and consequently over a number of different climatic zones. The latitudinal spread is matched by the altitudinal one, ranging from sea level to almost 6,000 m above sea level (Mt. Kilimanjaro).
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Leuthold, W. (1977). African Habitats. In: African Ungulates. Zoophysiology and Ecology, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81073-2_2
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