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 72
... yellowish ; a whirl on the temporal area , directed forwards . Upperparts strongly washed with yellowish . Tip of tail yellow . Sabaeus ( Senegal to Ghana ) . TANTALUS MONKEY . White band on forehead very conspicuous , separated from ...
... yellowish ; a whirl on the temporal area , directed forwards . Upperparts strongly washed with yellowish . Tip of tail yellow . Sabaeus ( Senegal to Ghana ) . TANTALUS MONKEY . White band on forehead very conspicuous , separated from ...
Page 116
... yellowish grey . Tail very long , well haired , with 7-9 dark rings alternating with light rings ; the first bright rufous , the latter darkening to black ; thus the tail is tricolor , greyish , rufous and black . Habitat : Forest . Map ...
... yellowish grey . Tail very long , well haired , with 7-9 dark rings alternating with light rings ; the first bright rufous , the latter darkening to black ; thus the tail is tricolor , greyish , rufous and black . Habitat : Forest . Map ...
Page 152
... yellowish or greyish brown , more or less grizzled with black ; flanks lighter . In the middle of the back a patch of erectile hairs , varying from black ( southern Africa ) to yellowish ( eastern and western Africa ) , conceals a naked ...
... yellowish or greyish brown , more or less grizzled with black ; flanks lighter . In the middle of the back a patch of erectile hairs , varying from black ( southern Africa ) to yellowish ( eastern and western Africa ) , conceals a naked ...
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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