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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... upperparts ; tail moderately long , not very bushy , sometimes shorter than head and body , carried arched over the ... upper - parts , without the warm colours present in other species . The Red - legged Sun Squirrel , H. rufobrachium ...
... upperparts ; tail moderately long , not very bushy , sometimes shorter than head and body , carried arched over the ... upper - parts , without the warm colours present in other species . The Red - legged Sun Squirrel , H. rufobrachium ...
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... Upperparts rufous brown , with a faint olive tinge . Underparts ashy grey . Intraspecific variation : The true cephus ( from the Cameroons to Congo River , except south - west Gabon ) has the greater part of the tail red ; cephodes ...
... Upperparts rufous brown , with a faint olive tinge . Underparts ashy grey . Intraspecific variation : The true cephus ( from the Cameroons to Congo River , except south - west Gabon ) has the greater part of the tail red ; cephodes ...
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... upperparts ; erythrarchus ( Mozambique ) , light greenish grey on upperparts , root of tail bright rufous ; labiatus ( Samango Monkey ; South Africa , from Zululand to eastern Cape Province ) , dark green , underparts dirty white ...
... upperparts ; erythrarchus ( Mozambique ) , light greenish grey on upperparts , root of tail bright rufous ; labiatus ( Samango Monkey ; South Africa , from Zululand to eastern Cape Province ) , dark green , underparts dirty 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