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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... limbs deep red ; long tail . 7. PALM SQUIRREL Epixerus ebii Large ; olive - brown above , lighter below ; reddish limbs ; long , bushy tail , mixed black and white . 8. BUSH SQUIRREL Paraxerus palliatus Back olive brownish ; head , limbs ...
... limbs deep red ; long tail . 7. PALM SQUIRREL Epixerus ebii Large ; olive - brown above , lighter below ; reddish limbs ; long , bushy tail , mixed black and white . 8. BUSH SQUIRREL Paraxerus palliatus Back olive brownish ; head , limbs ...
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... limbs yellow ; tail long , not bushy . page 41 40 40 41 42 6. GOLDEN POTTO Arctocebus calabarensis Slenderly built ; gracile limbs ; pointed head ; no tail . 40 10 7. BOSMAN'S POTTO Perodicticus potto 38 Robustly built ; stout limbs ...
... limbs yellow ; tail long , not bushy . page 41 40 40 41 42 6. GOLDEN POTTO Arctocebus calabarensis Slenderly built ; gracile limbs ; pointed head ; no tail . 40 10 7. BOSMAN'S POTTO Perodicticus potto 38 Robustly built ; stout limbs ...
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... limbs transform- ed into flippers ; no hind limbs . No dorsal fin . Tail transformed into a broad horizontal rudder . Head rounded , massive and heavy , with no external ears , terminated by a broad obtuse snout with a median vertical ...
... limbs transform- ed into flippers ; no hind limbs . No dorsal fin . Tail transformed into a broad horizontal rudder . Head rounded , massive and heavy , with no external ears , terminated by a broad obtuse snout with a median vertical ...
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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