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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... coat is conspicuously different from the juvenile pelage . The view of an infant in such coat in possession of a man or a predator produces a violent reaction from the adults , particularly from the dominant male which comes close to ...
... coat is conspicuously different from the juvenile pelage . The view of an infant in such coat in possession of a man or a predator produces a violent reaction from the adults , particularly from the dominant male which comes close to ...
Page 113
... coat ; mane along spine ; long , pointed ears . 2. BROWN HYAENA Hyaena brunnea 134 Almost uniform dark brown ; shaggy coat ; long , pointed ears . 3. SPOTTED HYAENA Crocuta crocuta 129 Entirely spotted ; coat short ; short , rounded ...
... coat ; mane along spine ; long , pointed ears . 2. BROWN HYAENA Hyaena brunnea 134 Almost uniform dark brown ; shaggy coat ; long , pointed ears . 3. SPOTTED HYAENA Crocuta crocuta 129 Entirely spotted ; coat short ; short , rounded ...
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... Coat short and rather soft with a short spinal crest . Ground colour from greyish to buff . Black markings very conspicuous , the general effect is predominantly dark . A conspicuous black line on the middle of back . On the upperparts ...
... Coat short and rather soft with a short spinal crest . Ground colour from greyish to buff . Black markings very conspicuous , the general effect is predominantly dark . A conspicuous black line on the middle of back . On the upperparts ...
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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