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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... long soft hairs ; below , on each side , a line of short stiff hairs . FLIGHTLESS SCALY - TAILED SQUIRREL ... tail . Brownish grey above , lighter below . Tail black with long stiff hairs . Not unlike a dormouse but the scales ...
... long soft hairs ; below , on each side , a line of short stiff hairs . FLIGHTLESS SCALY - TAILED SQUIRREL ... tail . Brownish grey above , lighter below . Tail black with long stiff hairs . Not unlike a dormouse but the scales ...
Page 104
... long - bodied , short - legged , sleek - furred , with a long tail , pointed at its tip . All these animals occupy very different niches and most of them are widespread throughout Africa . LIBYAN STRIPED WEASEL Poecilictis libyca ...
... long - bodied , short - legged , sleek - furred , with a long tail , pointed at its tip . All these animals occupy very different niches and most of them are widespread throughout Africa . LIBYAN STRIPED WEASEL Poecilictis libyca ...
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... Length ( without tail ) 22–26 in .; weight 5–8 lb. A very large mongoose ( the largest of African mongooses ) , with a uniformly grizzled coat of fairly long and coarse hair . Upperparts speckled black and white ( the long hairs ...
... Length ( without tail ) 22–26 in .; weight 5–8 lb. A very large mongoose ( the largest of African mongooses ) , with a uniformly grizzled coat of fairly long and coarse hair . Upperparts speckled black and white ( the long hairs ...
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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