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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... lighter . Limbs darker . Tail rather short , thick and bushy at its base , tapering at its end , of the same colour ... lighter and more greyish than body . General coloration dark blackish brown , although the hairs are ringed with an ...
... lighter . Limbs darker . Tail rather short , thick and bushy at its base , tapering at its end , of the same colour ... lighter and more greyish than body . General coloration dark blackish brown , although the hairs are ringed with an ...
Page 123
... lighter coloured ; with the Dwarf Mongoose , but size is larger , and the upperlip entirely haired and not divided by a vertical groove ; with the Slender Mongoose , but lacks ... lighter on head and underparts ( tips of hairs lighter ,
... lighter coloured ; with the Dwarf Mongoose , but size is larger , and the upperlip entirely haired and not divided by a vertical groove ; with the Slender Mongoose , but lacks ... lighter on head and underparts ( tips of hairs lighter ,
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... lighter , a coarse mixture of black , brown and pale clay colour . Ubangui and eastern Congo . ANGOLAN MONGOOSE ( C. ansorgei Thomas ) . Smaller ( head and body 13 in . ) ; snout not much elongated ; general colour sometimes lighter ...
... lighter , a coarse mixture of black , brown and pale clay colour . Ubangui and eastern Congo . ANGOLAN MONGOOSE ( C. ansorgei Thomas ) . Smaller ( head and body 13 in . ) ; snout not much elongated ; general colour sometimes lighter ...
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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