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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... Intraspecific variation : Systematists have divided this species into a number of local races . The northern race ( senegalensis , from Senegal to Ethiopia ) is grey without any brownish suffusion . Others , like braccatus ( Yellow ...
... Intraspecific variation : Systematists have divided this species into a number of local races . The northern race ( senegalensis , from Senegal to Ethiopia ) is grey without any brownish suffusion . Others , like braccatus ( Yellow ...
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... Intraspecific variation : This species is divided into three well - defined races which may be recognised in the field : atys ( = fuliginosus ) ( from Guinea to the Sassandra River , Ivory Coast ) , entirely grey , slightly lighter ...
... Intraspecific variation : This species is divided into three well - defined races which may be recognised in the field : atys ( = fuliginosus ) ( from Guinea to the Sassandra River , Ivory Coast ) , entirely grey , slightly lighter ...
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... Intraspecific variation : At first , a rather unnatural specific unit , due to the wide range of variation in pattern and coloration . Two natural groups ( sometimes considered distinct species ) based on coloration and geo- graphical ...
... Intraspecific variation : At first , a rather unnatural specific unit , due to the wide range of variation in pattern and coloration . Two natural groups ( sometimes considered distinct species ) based on coloration and geo- graphical ...
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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