A field guide to the larger mammals of Africa

Addax Africa animal backwards band base black stripe blackish bright rufous broad brownish buff burrows bush Bushbuck bushy Cape Grysbok Cephalophus chestnut coat Colobus Congo contrasting crest curved Damaliscus dark brown darker Dibatag Dik-dik Dorcas Gazelle DUIKER Cephalophus ears elongated face feed Female similar flanks forehead Galago Gazelle Gerenuk Grant's Gazelle grass grazers Greater Kudu grey greyish Grysbok Habitat Habits hairs Hartebeest Height at shoulder herds High forest hooves horns Hyaena Identification Intraspecific variation Klipspringer large antelope larger Lechwe legs Length without tail lighter limbs live singly male mane Mongoose monkey Mountain Mountain Reedbuck muzzle neck nocturnal nose 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 Southern Reedbuck spots squirrels Steenbok Tail long thick throat trees tuft upperparts weight white patch whitish yellowish young Zebra