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 40
... face , a sharper , more prominent snout , a wide mouth and broad ears ( pro- jecting beyond the fur ; limbs slender ) . On the neck , no projection of the spinous processes of the cervical vertebrae . Fur dense and woolly except on face ...
... face , a sharper , more prominent snout , a wide mouth and broad ears ( pro- jecting beyond the fur ; limbs slender ) . On the neck , no projection of the spinous processes of the cervical vertebrae . Fur dense and woolly except on face ...
Page 58
... Face very dark , bluish grey , with a spot on nose , sometimes white as in C. nictitans , but often jet black , contrasting with the face . A black temporal band from forehead to sides of head and nape , broadening posteriorly and ...
... Face very dark , bluish grey , with a spot on nose , sometimes white as in C. nictitans , but often jet black , contrasting with the face . A black temporal band from forehead to sides of head and nape , broadening posteriorly and ...
Page 89
... face reputed always light coloured ; only forehead becoming bare with age ; a ' beard ' in males ( western Africa ) . P. t . troglodytes . Face light coloured , darkening only in old individu- als ; head bare very early ; ' beard ...
... face reputed always light coloured ; only forehead becoming bare with age ; a ' beard ' in males ( western Africa ) . P. t . troglodytes . Face light coloured , darkening only in old individu- als ; head bare very early ; ' beard ...
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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