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 136
... thick and soft , almost uniform . Face whitish ; back of ears with black spots ; internal face of ears with long white hairs . General colour sandy buff , darker on the back , lighter on the flanks ; belly whitish tinged with buff ...
... thick and soft , almost uniform . Face whitish ; back of ears with black spots ; internal face of ears with long white hairs . General colour sandy buff , darker on the back , lighter on the flanks ; belly whitish tinged with buff ...
Page 258
... thick cover ( hence their name ' duiker ' - from the Dutch ' diver ' ) . Mostly nocturnal ( some , like the Black - fronted Duiker , are also partly diurnal ) , they spend the day con- cealed in the deepest recesses of the forest ...
... thick cover ( hence their name ' duiker ' - from the Dutch ' diver ' ) . Mostly nocturnal ( some , like the Black - fronted Duiker , are also partly diurnal ) , they spend the day con- cealed in the deepest recesses of the forest ...
Page 268
... thick and harsh ; flanks bright cinnamon rufous , the coat less thick , soft and more sleek . The extent of this colour varies very much , encroaching more or less on the flanks , the neck and even the back . Underparts white ...
... thick and harsh ; flanks bright cinnamon rufous , the coat less thick , soft and more sleek . The extent of this colour varies very much , encroaching more or less on the flanks , the neck and even the back . Underparts white ...
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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