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 98
Jean Dorst. weight 6 lb. A smaller fox , much smaller and more lightly built than the Red Fox and not unlike a large Fennec , with rather short legs , long broad ears and a light coloured , very soft and dense coat . Middle of muzzle and ...
Jean Dorst. weight 6 lb. A smaller fox , much smaller and more lightly built than the Red Fox and not unlike a large Fennec , with rather short legs , long broad ears and a light coloured , very soft and dense coat . Middle of muzzle and ...
Page 155
... smaller ) . Unmistakable . Their most conspicuous external feature is the flexible trunk , a great elongation of the nose . Huge head , with enormous fan- shaped ears ( much larger than in the Asiatic Elephant ) . The upper edge of the ...
... smaller ) . Unmistakable . Their most conspicuous external feature is the flexible trunk , a great elongation of the nose . Huge head , with enormous fan- shaped ears ( much larger than in the Asiatic Elephant ) . The upper edge of the ...
Page 217
... smaller and greyer with less rufous tinge . An apparently related form ( adamauae ) , of smaller size , has been found in the Adamawa Mountains , Northern Cameroons . Similar species : See Southern Reedbuck . When , as occasionally ...
... smaller and greyer with less rufous tinge . An apparently related form ( adamauae ) , of smaller size , has been found in the Adamawa Mountains , Northern Cameroons . Similar species : See Southern Reedbuck . When , as occasionally ...
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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