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 118
... mongoose , except perhaps the White - tailed Mongoose . But the short coat , the general colour and the entirely white tail are good distinctive characters . Intraspecific variation : Jackson's Mongoose ( jacksoni ) , East Africa ...
... mongoose , except perhaps the White - tailed Mongoose . But the short coat , the general colour and the entirely white tail are good distinctive characters . Intraspecific variation : Jackson's Mongoose ( jacksoni ) , East Africa ...
Page 121
... mongoose . EGYPTIAN MONGOOSE Herpestes ichneumon ( L. ) ( Greater Grey Mongoose , Ichneumon ) p . 96 F Mangouste ichneumon A Grootgrysmuishond G Ichneumon Identification : Length ( without tail ) 22–26 in .; weight 5–8 lb. A very large ...
... mongoose . EGYPTIAN MONGOOSE Herpestes ichneumon ( L. ) ( Greater Grey Mongoose , Ichneumon ) p . 96 F Mangouste ichneumon A Grootgrysmuishond G Ichneumon Identification : Length ( without tail ) 22–26 in .; weight 5–8 lb. A very large ...
Page 123
... Mongoose , but has no whitish throat and chest ; with the Dark Mongoose , but the fur is much shorter , grizzled and lighter coloured ; with the Dwarf Mongoose , but size is larger , and the upperlip entirely haired and not divided by a ...
... Mongoose , but has no whitish throat and chest ; with the Dark Mongoose , but the fur is much shorter , grizzled and lighter coloured ; with the Dwarf Mongoose , but size is larger , and the upperlip entirely haired and not divided by a ...
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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