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 58
... black temporal stripe and a large triangular black patch on each side of the muzzle . Upperparts dark olive green , with a reddish tinge posteriorly . Underparts ashy grey . Tail bright red , at least basally . Intraspecific variation ...
... black temporal stripe and a large triangular black patch on each side of the muzzle . Upperparts dark olive green , with a reddish tinge posteriorly . Underparts ashy grey . Tail bright red , at least basally . Intraspecific variation ...
Page 201
... black patch on forehead , from the base of the horns , joined by a narrow black stripe to a broad patch of the same colour on the blaze . Another broad black stripe across the eye extends from the base of horns to lower cheek ; a third ...
... black patch on forehead , from the base of the horns , joined by a narrow black stripe to a broad patch of the same colour on the blaze . Another broad black stripe across the eye extends from the base of horns to lower cheek ; a third ...
Page 246
... stripe to the muzzle ; a blackish stripe across the cheek . Underparts white . Hindquarters white , bordered by a narrow black stripe . Tail entirely covered with long black hairs . Horns ( 12 ; 17 ) strongly ridged , little divergent ...
... stripe to the muzzle ; a blackish stripe across the cheek . Underparts white . Hindquarters white , bordered by a narrow black stripe . Tail entirely covered with long black hairs . Horns ( 12 ; 17 ) strongly ridged , little divergent ...
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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