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 76
... hairs on the shoulders , but no mantle around the back ( unlike the Guereza Colobus ) . General colour jet black . Whiskers generally well developed , fluffy , falciform and always white . Shoulders covered by long white hairs , more or ...
... hairs on the shoulders , but no mantle around the back ( unlike the Guereza Colobus ) . General colour jet black . Whiskers generally well developed , fluffy , falciform and always white . Shoulders covered by long white hairs , more or ...
Page 104
... hairs , giving a whitish effect to upperparts . Underparts and limbs pure black . Tail bushy , short , mostly white , but hairs with a dark ring ; often a black tip . F Zorille de Libye G Streifenwiesel Similar species : May be confused ...
... hairs , giving a whitish effect to upperparts . Underparts and limbs pure black . Tail bushy , short , mostly white , but hairs with a dark ring ; often a black tip . F Zorille de Libye G Streifenwiesel Similar species : May be confused ...
Page 266
... hairs imparting a grizzled appearance . Ears very broad and pointed with long buffy white hairs inside . A dark patch on the crown of the head . A whitish patch on the middle of throat . Underparts buff . Legs with small lateral hooves ...
... hairs imparting a grizzled appearance . Ears very broad and pointed with long buffy white hairs inside . A dark patch on the crown of the head . A whitish patch on the middle of throat . Underparts buff . Legs with small lateral hooves ...
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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