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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... Baboons are fierce fighters , able to inflict serious wounds with their powerful canines . Their collective defence makes them much more dangerous and many predators keep well away from them . Their ultimate safety is in the trees ...
... Baboons are fierce fighters , able to inflict serious wounds with their powerful canines . Their collective defence makes them much more dangerous and many predators keep well away from them . Their ultimate safety is in the trees ...
Page 47
... Baboons are preyed on by Leopard , Lion and many big carnivores . GELADA BABOON Papio ( Theropithecus ) gelada ( Rüppell ) F Gelada G Dschelada p . 53 Identification : Length ( without tail ) up to 30 in .; weight up to 45 lb. Un ...
... Baboons are preyed on by Leopard , Lion and many big carnivores . GELADA BABOON Papio ( Theropithecus ) gelada ( Rüppell ) F Gelada G Dschelada p . 53 Identification : Length ( without tail ) up to 30 in .; weight up to 45 lb. Un ...
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... baboons , and includes harsh and moaning sounds ; but the calls are rarely uttered . The barking of the adult male , higher pitched than that of the baboon , is only heard when the animal , stationed in a tree , is warning the approach ...
... baboons , and includes harsh and moaning sounds ; but the calls are rarely uttered . The barking of the adult male , higher pitched than that of the baboon , is only heard when the animal , stationed in a tree , is warning the approach ...
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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