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 121
... slender , densely haired at its base , then tapering , of the same colour as the back , with a long conspicuous black brush - like tassel at its tip . Habitat : Savanna , chiefly well wooded and near water . Also in North Africa ...
... slender , densely haired at its base , then tapering , of the same colour as the back , with a long conspicuous black brush - like tassel at its tip . Habitat : Savanna , chiefly well wooded and near water . Also in North Africa ...
Page 122
... SLENDER MONGOOSE Herpestes ( Galerella ) sanguineus Rüppell ( Lesser Mongoose ) p . 112 F Mangouste rouge , M. naine A Rooimuishond G Rotichneumon Identification : Length ( without tail ) 12-15 in .; weight 14 lb. A small and slender ...
... SLENDER MONGOOSE Herpestes ( Galerella ) sanguineus Rüppell ( Lesser Mongoose ) p . 112 F Mangouste rouge , M. naine A Rooimuishond G Rotichneumon Identification : Length ( without tail ) 12-15 in .; weight 14 lb. A small and slender ...
Page 191
... slender features , its darker , brown colour , the less conspicuous stripes and ( if visible ) the greatly elongated hooves . Habitat : Typically dense forest , very seldom light forest . It may sometimes be found in forest remnants ...
... slender features , its darker , brown colour , the less conspicuous stripes and ( if visible ) the greatly elongated hooves . Habitat : Typically dense forest , very seldom light forest . It may sometimes be found in forest remnants ...
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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