Brent Huffman is a zoologist from Toronto, Canada, and a lead keeper in the African Savanna at the Toronto Zoo, working with giraffes, river hippos, eland, sable antelope, and Watusi cattle, as well as cheetahs and olive baboons.
In addition to writing for ultimateungulate.com, his contributions have appeared in Bovids of the World (2016, Princeton University Press), Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 2: Hoofed Mammals (2011, Lynx Edicions: species accounts for Gazella cuvieri and the tribes Neotragini, Reduncini, and Cephalophini), and the textbook Zookeeping: An Introduction to the Science and Technology (2013, University of Chicago Press: chapter "Hoofstock Husbandry and Care"). Other credits include contributions to IUCN Red List species accounts (Pseudois schaeferi, Axis kuhlii, Bubalus mindorensis), consulting for the BBC's The Life of Mammals series, captive ungulate management articles for several professional organizations, and photographic contributions to numerous scientific articles, popular publications, and WWF stamp issues.
As an avid wildlife photographer, he has traveled to numerous exotic locales in search of rare ungulate species, including Zanzibar (2013), India (2011), Ethiopia (2010), and Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon (2003-04).
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Bovids are a diverse group of ruminant mammals that have hooves and unbranched hollow horns. Bovids of the World is the first comprehensive field guide to cover all 279 bovid species, including antelopes, gazelles, cattle, buffaloes, sheep, and goats. From the hartebeest of Africa and the takin of Asia to the muskox of North America, bovids are among the world's most spectacular animals and this stunningly illustrated...
