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 30
... young shoots , fruits ) . Males often live singly , but females and their young live all together in groups of up to 30 in the same burrow . The period of gestation is 42 days and the litter usually consists of from 2 to 4 young . Very ...
... young shoots , fruits ) . Males often live singly , but females and their young live all together in groups of up to 30 in the same burrow . The period of gestation is 42 days and the litter usually consists of from 2 to 4 young . Very ...
Page 71
... young is born at a time , but twins have been occasionally recorded . It is carried by the mother who nurses it jealously . When she moves , the young clings to her firmly . The natal coat is conspicuously different from the juvenile ...
... young is born at a time , but twins have been occasionally recorded . It is carried by the mother who nurses it jealously . When she moves , the young clings to her firmly . The natal coat is conspicuously different from the juvenile ...
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... young , juveniles and even adults of many species , like wildebeest , gazelle and zebra and even lion cubs and young elephant may be attacked . The Spotted Hyaena follows pregnant female antelope and snatches the freshly born young ...
... young , juveniles and even adults of many species , like wildebeest , gazelle and zebra and even lion cubs and young elephant may be attacked . The Spotted Hyaena follows pregnant female antelope and snatches the freshly born young ...
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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