A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of AfricaPractical recognition manual for nonspecialists, with interest for traveling or stay-at-home wildlife enthusiasts. |
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Page 43
... mane or a cape around the head and anterior part of body . Tail proportionately short , sometimes reduced to a mere stump , never reaching to the ground . Callosities well developed on buttocks , which are naked to a wide extent ...
... mane or a cape around the head and anterior part of body . Tail proportionately short , sometimes reduced to a mere stump , never reaching to the ground . Callosities well developed on buttocks , which are naked to a wide extent ...
Page 53
... mane well developed ; ashy grey ( male ) ; head and callosities bright pink . 6. ANUBIS BABOON Papio anubis 44 Large ; nostrils protruding beyond upper lip ; mane moder- ately developed ; tail carried ' broken ' ; olive brown . 7 ...
... mane well developed ; ashy grey ( male ) ; head and callosities bright pink . 6. ANUBIS BABOON Papio anubis 44 Large ; nostrils protruding beyond upper lip ; mane moder- ately developed ; tail carried ' broken ' ; olive brown . 7 ...
Page 142
... mane on neck and shoulders , of very variable extent ( sometimes with a fringe along the belly ) and development , the colour varying from silvery blond through ochraceous and rufous to blackish . Many Lions have no mane or only a very ...
... mane on neck and shoulders , of very variable extent ( sometimes with a fringe along the belly ) and development , the colour varying from silvery blond through ochraceous and rufous to blackish . Many Lions have no mane or only a very ...
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Addax Africa animal backwards band black stripe blackish body bright rufous broad brownish buff burrows bush Bushbuck bushy Cephalophus chestnut coat Colobus Congo contrasting crest curved dark brown darker dense Dibatag Dik-dik Dorcas Gazelle DUIKER Cephalophus ears elongated feed Female similar flanks forehead Galago Gazelle Gerenuk Grant's Gazelle grass grazers Greater Kudu grey greyish Grysbok Habitat Habits hairs Hartebeest head Height at shoulder herds High forest hooves horns Hyaena Identification Impala Intraspecific variation Klipspringer Kudu large antelope Lechwe legs Length without tail lighter limbs live singly male mane Mongoose monkey Mountain Reedbuck muzzle neck nocturnal Oribi Oryx pure white races Red-fronted Gazelle reddish Redunca Reedbuck Royal Antelope rufous fawn rump savanna season short Similar species Sitatunga slender smaller sometimes Southern Reedbuck spots SQUIRREL Steenbok Tail long thick throat trees tuft upperparts Waterbuck weight white patch whitish yellowish young Zebra