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 30
... young shoots , fruits ) . Males often live singly , but females and their young live all together in groups of up to 30 in the same burrow . The period of gestation is 42 days and the litter usually consists of from 2 to 4 young . Very ...
... young shoots , fruits ) . Males often live singly , but females and their young live all together in groups of up to 30 in the same burrow . The period of gestation is 42 days and the litter usually consists of from 2 to 4 young . Very ...
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... young is born at a time , but twins have been occasionally recorded . It is carried by the mother who nurses it jealously . When she moves , the young clings to her firmly . The natal coat is conspicuously different from the juvenile ...
... young is born at a time , but twins have been occasionally recorded . It is carried by the mother who nurses it jealously . When she moves , the young clings to her firmly . The natal coat is conspicuously different from the juvenile ...
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... young , juveniles and even adults of many species , like wildebeest , gazelle and zebra and even lion cubs and young elephant may be attacked . The Spotted Hyaena follows pregnant female antelope and snatches the freshly born young ...
... young , juveniles and even adults of many species , like wildebeest , gazelle and zebra and even lion cubs and young elephant may be attacked . The Spotted Hyaena follows pregnant female antelope and snatches the freshly born young ...
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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