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 130
... sometimes force them to leave their kill ; but lions , who positively ' hate ' hyaenas , keep them away and often kill or mutilate them when they venture too close . But the Spotted Hyaena is also a proper predator quite capable of ...
... sometimes force them to leave their kill ; but lions , who positively ' hate ' hyaenas , keep them away and often kill or mutilate them when they venture too close . But the Spotted Hyaena is also a proper predator quite capable of ...
Page 138
... sometimes almost whitish ; but some individuals are greyish - blue or even blackish . Dark spots generally con- spicuous on belly , sometimes obsolete ; exceptionally dark spots all over the body . Similar species : Easily distinguished ...
... sometimes almost whitish ; but some individuals are greyish - blue or even blackish . Dark spots generally con- spicuous on belly , sometimes obsolete ; exceptionally dark spots all over the body . Similar species : Easily distinguished ...
Page 258
... sometimes bright rufous fawn contrasting with the body . Tail rather long , bushy , black , bordered with white , constantly wagged in a characteristic manner . Horns very small ( generally present in both sexes , sometimes absent in ...
... sometimes bright rufous fawn contrasting with the body . Tail rather long , bushy , black , bordered with white , constantly wagged in a characteristic manner . Horns very small ( generally present in both sexes , sometimes absent in ...
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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