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 92
... spots ; two light spots on shoulder . 2. AQUATIC CIVET Osbornictis piscivora Almost uniform chestnut ; tail thick , black . page 110 117 3. AFRICAN LINSANG Poiana richardsoni 116 Small ; yellowish fawn with rounded blackish spots ; tail ...
... spots ; two light spots on shoulder . 2. AQUATIC CIVET Osbornictis piscivora Almost uniform chestnut ; tail thick , black . page 110 117 3. AFRICAN LINSANG Poiana richardsoni 116 Small ; yellowish fawn with rounded blackish spots ; tail ...
Page 115
... spots , elongated , almost confluent and hence forming distinct longitudinal lines . Spots better separated on the flanks ( the spots show a tendency to be more numerous and smaller among dense rain forest populations , and less ...
... spots , elongated , almost confluent and hence forming distinct longitudinal lines . Spots better separated on the flanks ( the spots show a tendency to be more numerous and smaller among dense rain forest populations , and less ...
Page 137
... spots , rather long and neither annulated nor ocellated , elongated into transverse stripes on shoulder . Three black bands around the legs ; underparts of feet black . Tail comparatively short , bushy , spotted with a black tip ...
... spots , rather long and neither annulated nor ocellated , elongated into transverse stripes on shoulder . Three black bands around the legs ; underparts of feet black . Tail comparatively short , bushy , spotted with a black tip ...
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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