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 156
... herds averaging from 10 to 20 head , sometimes up to 50 , led by an old female . The composition of herds varies considerably . There is usually a master bull , one or two immatures , and a number of cows and calves of various ages ...
... herds averaging from 10 to 20 head , sometimes up to 50 , led by an old female . The composition of herds varies considerably . There is usually a master bull , one or two immatures , and a number of cows and calves of various ages ...
Page 214
... herds , sometimes numbering thousands . The herd structure is very loose . Adult males have no territorial behaviour as recorded for the Kob . The sexes mix in the herds during the breeding season and males fight viciously . Out of the ...
... herds , sometimes numbering thousands . The herd structure is very loose . Adult males have no territorial behaviour as recorded for the Kob . The sexes mix in the herds during the breeding season and males fight viciously . Out of the ...
Page 231
... herd into a tighter mass . Males defend a zone around their herd , even when on the move . At the end of the mating season , the breeding herds are absorbed into the larger herds and there is no observable social structure . Wildebeest ...
... herd into a tighter mass . Males defend a zone around their herd , even when on the move . At the end of the mating season , the breeding herds are absorbed into the larger herds and there is no observable social structure . Wildebeest ...
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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