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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... races . The northern race ( senegalensis , from Senegal to Ethiopia ) is grey without any brownish suffusion . Others , like braccatus ( Yellow - thighed Galago ; highlands of Kenya and Tanzania ) , gallarum ( Somalia and Gallaland ) ...
... races . The northern race ( senegalensis , from Senegal to Ethiopia ) is grey without any brownish suffusion . Others , like braccatus ( Yellow - thighed Galago ; highlands of Kenya and Tanzania ) , gallarum ( Somalia and Gallaland ) ...
Page 66
... races may be recog- rised : mitis ( Angola ) , grey above , a conspicuous white band across forehead ; stuhlmanni ( from eastern Congo to western Kenya ) , silvery bluish grey , washed with olive above , underparts ashy grey ; kandti ...
... races may be recog- rised : mitis ( Angola ) , grey above , a conspicuous white band across forehead ; stuhlmanni ( from eastern Congo to western Kenya ) , silvery bluish grey , washed with olive above , underparts ashy grey ; kandti ...
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... races . Tail distally white on a variable length , rarely entirely white . Young white , becoming darker with age . Intraspecific variation : A large number of geographic races may be distinguished according to the extent of white marks ...
... races . Tail distally white on a variable length , rarely entirely white . Young white , becoming darker with age . Intraspecific variation : A large number of geographic races may be distinguished according to the extent of white marks ...
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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