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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... live singly or in pairs . Purely diurnal , they hide at dusk in holes in trees or sometimes among dense vegetation ... living in countries with All the sun - squirrels listed above belong perhaps to one species or super- species . See ...
... live singly or in pairs . Purely diurnal , they hide at dusk in holes in trees or sometimes among dense vegetation ... living in countries with All the sun - squirrels listed above belong perhaps to one species or super- species . See ...
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... live singly . Vaal Rhebuck live in a variety of hilly or mountainous regions . Usually higher grassy slopes or plateaux are selected , more exposed and with less cover than the environment preferred by the Mountain Rhebuck . Where they ...
... live singly . Vaal Rhebuck live in a variety of hilly or mountainous regions . Usually higher grassy slopes or plateaux are selected , more exposed and with less cover than the environment preferred by the Mountain Rhebuck . Where they ...
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... live singly or in pairs . Nocturnal , they are very shy and secretive and little is known about their biology . They are capable of jumps of some 10 ft . They feed apparently on leaves and fruits , and occur on cocoa and peanut ...
... live singly or in pairs . Nocturnal , they are very shy and secretive and little is known about their biology . They are capable of jumps of some 10 ft . They feed apparently on leaves and fruits , and occur on cocoa and peanut ...
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