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 46
... season over an area averaging 15 square miles in open savannas , much less in woodland . The home ranges of different troops may overlap , but the districts more frequently used — the ' core area ' , where are located the sleeping trees ...
... season over an area averaging 15 square miles in open savannas , much less in woodland . The home ranges of different troops may overlap , but the districts more frequently used — the ' core area ' , where are located the sleeping trees ...
Page 214
... season and males fight viciously . Out of the mating season , males form large herds by themselves . They outnumber the females due to hunting by traditional methods ( chila ) , the females being more easily killed than males . Lechwe ...
... season and males fight viciously . Out of the mating season , males form large herds by themselves . They outnumber the females due to hunting by traditional methods ( chila ) , the females being more easily killed than males . Lechwe ...
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... season , breeding groups of from 2 or 3 to more than 150 females and young are herded by from 1 to 3 bulls ; the males apparently share the herd without any hierarchy among them- selves . They trot around in a head - high rocking gait ...
... season , breeding groups of from 2 or 3 to more than 150 females and young are herded by from 1 to 3 bulls ; the males apparently share the herd without any hierarchy among them- selves . They trot around in a head - high rocking gait ...
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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