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 137
... legs and a rather short tail . General colour grizzled sandy fawn with no conspicuous markings . Ears red brown with long black hairs at their tips . Face lighter with a brown lacrymal stripe . Dorsal line more richly coloured reddish ...
... legs and a rather short tail . General colour grizzled sandy fawn with no conspicuous markings . Ears red brown with long black hairs at their tips . Face lighter with a brown lacrymal stripe . Dorsal line more richly coloured reddish ...
Page 212
... legs , and shorter horns . Cannot be confused with the Lechwe owing to its shorter and less divergent horns , and absence of black on the legs . Habitat : Open flats bordering marshes or river banks , never far from water . Map , p ...
... legs , and shorter horns . Cannot be confused with the Lechwe owing to its shorter and less divergent horns , and absence of black on the legs . Habitat : Open flats bordering marshes or river banks , never far from water . Map , p ...
Page 227
... legs to the knees and hocks blackish , below yellowish brown . Belly rufous . Horns ( 16 ; 181 ) ringed except at the tips , evenly curved , bending outwards , then turning backwards and inwards ; crescent shaped when viewed from in ...
... legs to the knees and hocks blackish , below yellowish brown . Belly rufous . Horns ( 16 ; 181 ) ringed except at the tips , evenly curved , bending outwards , then turning backwards and inwards ; crescent shaped when viewed from in ...
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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