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 114
... elongated and arranged in longitudinal rows . Tail well - haired , almost bushy , with 9-10 dark rings , and a whitish tip , occasionally dark . Habitat : Dry savanna and open country . The only genet found in open dry savanna . Also ...
... elongated and arranged in longitudinal rows . Tail well - haired , almost bushy , with 9-10 dark rings , and a whitish tip , occasionally dark . Habitat : Dry savanna and open country . The only genet found in open dry savanna . Also ...
Page 115
... elongated , almost confluent and hence forming distinct longitudinal lines . Spots better separated on the flanks ( the spots show a tendency to be more numerous and smaller among dense rain forest populations , and less numerous and ...
... elongated , almost confluent and hence forming distinct longitudinal lines . Spots better separated on the flanks ( the spots show a tendency to be more numerous and smaller among dense rain forest populations , and less numerous and ...
Page 257
... elongated ; greyish fawn above , pale fawn and whitish below . 7. GUENTHER'S LONG - SNOUTED DIK - DIK Rhynchotragus guentheri 267 Nose much elongated ; greyish fawn above , whitish below ; no ring around eye . Note . Phillips's ...
... elongated ; greyish fawn above , pale fawn and whitish below . 7. GUENTHER'S LONG - SNOUTED DIK - DIK Rhynchotragus guentheri 267 Nose much elongated ; greyish fawn above , whitish below ; no ring around eye . Note . Phillips's ...
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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