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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... grey without any brownish suffusion . Others , like braccatus ( Yellow - thighed Galago ; highlands of Kenya and Tanzania ) , gallarum ( Somalia and Gallaland ) , have distinctly yellow limbs contrasting with the grey body . The eastern ...
... grey without any brownish suffusion . Others , like braccatus ( Yellow - thighed Galago ; highlands of Kenya and Tanzania ) , gallarum ( Somalia and Gallaland ) , have distinctly yellow limbs contrasting with the grey body . The eastern ...
Page 66
Jean Dorst. grey to bluish and greenish , exceptionally reddish . Underparts dark , grey to black . Hindlegs darker than body . Several races may be recog- rised : mitis ( Angola ) , grey above , a conspicuous white band across forehead ...
Jean Dorst. grey to bluish and greenish , exceptionally reddish . Underparts dark , grey to black . Hindlegs darker than body . Several races may be recog- rised : mitis ( Angola ) , grey above , a conspicuous white band across forehead ...
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... Grey Mongoose , Ichneumon ) p . 96 F Mangouste ichneumon A Grootgrysmuishond G Ichneumon Identification : Length ( without tail ) 22–26 in .; weight 5–8 lb. A very large mongoose ( the largest of African mongooses ) , with a uniformly ...
... Grey Mongoose , Ichneumon ) p . 96 F Mangouste ichneumon A Grootgrysmuishond G Ichneumon Identification : Length ( without tail ) 22–26 in .; weight 5–8 lb. A very large mongoose ( the largest of African mongooses ) , with a uniformly ...
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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