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 115
... 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 , dark , black or brown spots , elongated ...
... 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 , dark , black or brown spots , elongated ...
Page 252
... crest bright chestnut . Underparts somewhat lighter than back and sides . Horns straight , smooth at the base ( 3 ; 67 ) . Habitat : High forest . Map , p . 261 . RED - FLANKED DUIKER Cephalophus rufilatus Gray p . 241 F Céphalophe à ...
... crest bright chestnut . Underparts somewhat lighter than back and sides . Horns straight , smooth at the base ( 3 ; 67 ) . Habitat : High forest . Map , p . 261 . RED - FLANKED DUIKER Cephalophus rufilatus Gray p . 241 F Céphalophe à ...
Page 253
... Crest long , mixed chestnut and black , sometimes pure chestnut . Chin and upper throat whitish . Tail short , rufous at its base , with a well developed tuft of mixed black and white hairs . Horns short ( 3 ; 4ğ ) , but much thickened ...
... Crest long , mixed chestnut and black , sometimes pure chestnut . Chin and upper throat whitish . Tail short , rufous at its base , with a well developed tuft of mixed black and white hairs . Horns short ( 3 ; 4ğ ) , but much thickened ...
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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