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Jean Dorst. GENETS 1. COMMON GENET Genetta genetta Spinal crest ; medium - sized spots ; tail with 9-10 dark rings and whitish tip . Plate 16 page 114 2. FOREST GENET Genetta pardina Heavily spotted ; spots broad ; tail mostly black ...
Jean Dorst. GENETS 1. COMMON GENET Genetta genetta Spinal crest ; medium - sized spots ; tail with 9-10 dark rings and whitish tip . Plate 16 page 114 2. FOREST GENET Genetta pardina Heavily spotted ; spots broad ; tail mostly black ...
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... genet with proportionately long legs and a short face . Coat of long and coarse hair , with a well developed crest along the spine . Ground colour from greyish to fawn ... GENETS , MONGOOSES FOREST GENET Genetta pardina I. 114 CARNIVORA.
... genet with proportionately long legs and a short face . Coat of long and coarse hair , with a well developed crest along the spine . Ground colour from greyish to fawn ... GENETS , MONGOOSES FOREST GENET Genetta pardina I. 114 CARNIVORA.
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Jean Dorst. CIVET , GENETS , MONGOOSES FOREST GENET Genetta pardina I. Geoffroy1 F Genette pardine G Panther - Ginsterkatze 115 p . 93 Identification : Length ( without tail ) 16–20 in . A genet with proportionately long legs . Coat ...
Jean Dorst. CIVET , GENETS , MONGOOSES FOREST GENET Genetta pardina I. Geoffroy1 F Genette pardine G Panther - Ginsterkatze 115 p . 93 Identification : Length ( without tail ) 16–20 in . A genet with proportionately long legs . Coat ...
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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