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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Page 67
... bright chestnut and two conspicuous white spots at the root of the tail , a ... rufous fawn ; pyrogaster ( Kasai , south Congo ) , like wolfi , but deeper ... bright rufous , hind legs fulvous ; nigripes ( west Gabon ) back reddish , legs ...
... bright chestnut and two conspicuous white spots at the root of the tail , a ... rufous fawn ; pyrogaster ( Kasai , south Congo ) , like wolfi , but deeper ... bright rufous , hind legs fulvous ; nigripes ( west Gabon ) back reddish , legs ...
Page 95
... rufous . Upperparts bright rufous , somewhat darker on upper back . Under- parts whitish washed with rufous . Lower legs whitish . Tail long , very bushy , proximal section rufous on the upperpart , conspicuously white below and on the ...
... rufous . Upperparts bright rufous , somewhat darker on upper back . Under- parts whitish washed with rufous . Lower legs whitish . Tail long , very bushy , proximal section rufous on the upperpart , conspicuously white below and on the ...
Page 268
... rufous ) . Head , neck and shoulder washed with pale rufous . A whitish ring around the eye . Flanks and limbs pale ... bright rufous ; on the forehead , a brush - like crest of erectile hairs . Around the eye , a conspicuous white ring ...
... rufous ) . Head , neck and shoulder washed with pale rufous . A whitish ring around the eye . Flanks and limbs pale ... bright rufous ; on the forehead , a brush - like crest of erectile hairs . Around the eye , a conspicuous white ring ...
Common terms and phrases
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