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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... nocturnal than the Black - backed Jackal , and therefore less often seen . It lives singly or in small packs , and is also more silent . The calls are lower pitched , and the commonest is a single yap . Essentially a scavenger , it ...
... nocturnal than the Black - backed Jackal , and therefore less often seen . It lives singly or in small packs , and is also more silent . The calls are lower pitched , and the commonest is a single yap . Essentially a scavenger , it ...
Page 110
... nocturnal , the Civet hides during the day among thickets , in tall grass , or in old Aardvark or Porcupine burrows , purely terrestrial . Omnivorous , it feeds on carrion and on a variety of prey , including rodents , birds , birds ...
... nocturnal , the Civet hides during the day among thickets , in tall grass , or in old Aardvark or Porcupine burrows , purely terrestrial . Omnivorous , it feeds on carrion and on a variety of prey , including rodents , birds , birds ...
Page 136
... Nocturnal , the Sand Cat lives in burrows in dunes under scrub . It feeds on rodents , sometimes on hares and birds . Litters of 4 kittens have been recorded . AFRICAN WILD CAT Felis ( sylvestris ) libyca Forster p . 132 F Chat sauvage ...
... Nocturnal , the Sand Cat lives in burrows in dunes under scrub . It feeds on rodents , sometimes on hares and birds . Litters of 4 kittens have been recorded . AFRICAN WILD CAT Felis ( sylvestris ) libyca Forster p . 132 F Chat sauvage ...
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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