Larger Mammals of Africa"This guide is a practical companion designed to enable anyone to identify African mammals in the wild. Every species is described (except bats and the very smallest mammals) with details of colour, form, markings, habitat, behaviour, feeding, breeding, calls, social habits, migration and enemies. Distribution maps are provided for all species. All mammals are beautifully and accurately illustrated, each with its own explanatory notes"--Back cover |
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... : Orycteropodidae 150 HYRAX or DASSIES : Procaviidae 152 ELEPHANTS : Elephantidae 155 ASS and ZEBRA : Equidae RHINOCEROSES : Rhinocerotidae HIPPOPOTAMUS : Hippopotamidae 159 166 171 WILD PIGS : Suidae 173 CHEVROTAIN : Tragulidae 179 ...
... : Orycteropodidae 150 HYRAX or DASSIES : Procaviidae 152 ELEPHANTS : Elephantidae 155 ASS and ZEBRA : Equidae RHINOCEROSES : Rhinocerotidae HIPPOPOTAMUS : Hippopotamidae 159 166 171 WILD PIGS : Suidae 173 CHEVROTAIN : Tragulidae 179 ...
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... Dassies usually defecate and urinate in specific spots , where the droppings accumulate.1 The period of gestation is 7 months ( abnormally long for an animal of this size ) . Two or three young , sometimes even up to six , are born at a ...
... Dassies usually defecate and urinate in specific spots , where the droppings accumulate.1 The period of gestation is 7 months ( abnormally long for an animal of this size ) . Two or three young , sometimes even up to six , are born at a ...
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... Dassie , p . 153 Tree Dassie , p . 154 2 4 6 3 5 1a O + 2 1.
... Dassie , p . 153 Tree Dassie , p . 154 2 4 6 3 5 1a O + 2 1.
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Addax Africa animal baboons band black stripe blackish bright rufous broad brownish buff burrows bush BUSHBUCK bushy Cape Cephalophus Cercopithecus chestnut coat Colobus Congo contrasting crest curved dark brown darker Dassies Dibatag Dik-dik DUIKER Cephalophus ears elongated face feed Female similar flanks forehead Galago Gazelle GENET Genetta Gerenuk Grant's Gazelle grass Greater Kudu grey greyish ground colour Habitat Habits hairs hares Hartebeest head and body Height at shoulder herds High forest horns Hyaena Identification insects Intraspecific variation Kenya Klipspringer Lechwe legs Length without tail lighter limbs live singly male mammals mane Mongoose MONKEY Cercopithecus Mountain Reedbuck muzzle neck nocturnal Oryx potto pure white races reddish Reedbuck ringed rodents Royal Antelope rump Sassandra River savanna short Similar species Sitatunga slender smaller sometimes spots SQUIRREL Steenbok Tail long Tanzania thick throat trees tuft Underparts upperparts Waterbuck weight Whiskers whitish Wild yellowish young Zebra