A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of AfricaPractical recognition manual for nonspecialists, with interest for traveling or stay-at-home wildlife enthusiasts. |
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Page 44
... Identification : Length ( without tail ) up to 40 in . A large baboon , very heavily built ; back sloping gently backwards . A moderately developed mantle over the shoulders , not markedly different from the rest of coat . Braincase and ...
... Identification : Length ( without tail ) up to 40 in . A large baboon , very heavily built ; back sloping gently backwards . A moderately developed mantle over the shoulders , not markedly different from the rest of coat . Braincase and ...
Page 115
... Identification : Length ( without tail ) 16–20 in . A genet with proportionately long legs . Coat short and rather soft with a short spinal crest . Ground colour from greyish to buff . Black markings very conspicuous , the general ...
... Identification : Length ( without tail ) 16–20 in . A genet with proportionately long legs . Coat short and rather soft with a short spinal crest . Ground colour from greyish to buff . Black markings very conspicuous , the general ...
Page 136
... Identification : Height at shoulder 10 in . A smaller cat with an apparently broad face , the ears being low on the head and enlarged ; coat rather thick and soft , almost uniform . Face whitish ; back of ears with black spots ...
... Identification : Height at shoulder 10 in . A smaller cat with an apparently broad face , the ears being low on the head and enlarged ; coat rather thick and soft , almost uniform . Face whitish ; back of ears with black spots ...
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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